Influência de uma única intervenção instrutiva fisioterapêutica na flexibilidade global e amplitude angular do quadril durante a flexão do tronco

• Autor(a) principal: Sacco, Isabel C. N.
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Aliberti, Sandra, Tessuti, Vitor, Costa, Mariana S. X., Gomes, Daniella R., Hamamoto, Adriana N.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Fisioterapia e Pesquisa
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/fpusp/article/view/76299
• topic: biomecânica; flexibilidade; imagem corporal; quadril.; biomechanics; body Image; flexibility; hip.

Many subjects may be performing anterior trunk flexion with limited physiologic hip flexion, due to a poor bodily perception. This study assessed, among 21 subjects (10 men), which body part is perceived as being responsible for performing anterior trunk flexion; and verified whether, after one single physical therapy intervention (with visual, verbal and tactile stimuli), a raise in global flexibility would take place due to hip flexion increase. Both the distance fingertip-to-floor and the hip angular variation were measured before and after intervention; measures were analysed by means of photograph tracings. When questioned before intervention, 71% of the subjects pointed to the iliac crest region as being the major responsible for performing trunk flexion, showing that most were unaware of hip preponderance in this movement. Following intervention, a significant decrease was noticed in the fingertip-to-floor distance (21.8 cm before and 18.5 cm after), as well as significant increase in hip flexion (p=0.0036). As expected, global flexibility increased after intervention due to increase in hip flexion.