Comparative study on the posture of individuals with and without cervical pain

• Autor(a) principal: Galera, S. R G P [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Nascimento, L. F C, Teodoro, E. C M [UNESP], Tomazini, J. E. [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1-36; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/71265
• topic: Assessment; Cervical pain; Posture; Spinal column; Comparative studies; Cross-sectional study; Horizontal alignment; Human bodies; In-Degree; Lower leg; Lower limb; Posture assessment; Spatial orientations; Static postures; Vertical alignment; Alignment; Biomedical engineering; Physics; Prosthetics; Health

Posture can be defined as the overall position and spatial orientation of the human body and its members relative to each other. The study of posture can be applied either static, with the subject standing still. Objectives: to identify and quantify the static posture alignment of individuals who were either symptomatic or asymptomatic for cervical pain. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on subjects with cervical pain and individuals with no complaints of pain. The procedure consists in placing markers on specific points. Several views, following the protocol of the Posture Assessment software, regarding the measurement of angles (in degrees) and differences in lower leg lengths (in centimeters). Angles were analyzed through the comparison of averages between the groups using test t Student, (alpha=5%). Results: There enrolled 27 subjects. There were differences in horizontal alignment of head (3.37x1.33), acromia (2.60x1.18), iliac spines (2.91x0.67), vertical alignment of head (25.70x18.26) and in length of lower limbs (1.36x0.75) in respect to cervical and asymptomatic subjects. Conclusions: Was possible identify and quantify the static posture alignment of individuals with and with no cervical pain. The data obtained suggest the presence of asymmetry in all the symptomatic individuals studied. The data obtained suggest the presence of overall asymmetry in all the symptomatic individuals studied. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.