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A Era moderna trouxe ao Homem meios que facilitam muitas das suas tarefas diárias,
diminuindo a actividade física e condicionando a postura corporal. Actualmente a população
jovem, e sobretudo os estudantes, encontra-se exposta a uma grande quantidade de riscos de
alterações posturais. Todavia, a postura assumida por parte desta classe não tem sido muito
investigada. Sendo assim, este estudo tem como objectivo geral a avaliação bi-dimensional da
postura corporal, na posição de pé e de sentado, de estudantes do 1º ano do Curso de Terapia
Ocupacional, do Instituto Politécnico de Leiria. Os objectivos específicos centram-se na
verificação das relações entre as alterações posturais desse grupo de estudantes e os sintomas
de lesões músculo-esqueléticas nos últimos 12 meses, os factores sócio-demográficos e os
factores considerados de risco de alterações posturais em estudantes. Para tal, utilizaram-se o
Software para Avaliação Postural e a Versão adaptada do Questionário Nórdico Músculoesquelético.
Constataram-se elevadas percentagens de posturas inadequadas. Na posição de pé
todos os indivíduos apresentam alterações posturais num ou mais segmentos analisados,
sendo que a flexão do tronco é a mais frequente. Já na posição sentada a alteração postural
mais frequente é a inclinação da cabeça para o lado direito. Verificou-se ainda que algumas
das alterações posturais apresentam uma relação positiva e significativa com os sintomas de
lesões músculo-esqueléticas, com alguns factores de risco e sócio-demográficos. A partir dos
resultados obtidos, torna-se evidente a necessidade de estabelecer programas de
consciencialização para esta problemática, assim como programas de prevenção de desvios
posturais.
The modern age brought human ways which make daily tasks easier, reducing physical activity and conditioning corporal posture. Nowadays the young population, in particular students, is exposed to a large quantity of risks of postural changes. However, the posture assumed by this class hasn’t been investigated a lot. Therefore, the general focus of this research is on the bi-dimensional evaluation of the corporal posture, in the standing and seated positions, of students of the 1st year of the Occupational Therapy Course, of Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. The specific aims focus on the verification of the relations between the postural changes of this group of students and the symptoms of musculo-squeletic injuries for the last 12 months, the socio-demographic factors and the factors considered risky of postural changes in students. For this purpose, the Software for Postural Evaluation and the Version adapted from the musculo-squeletic Nordic Questionnaire were used. Huge percentages of inadequate postures were verified. In the standing position all the students presented postural changes in one or more segments analyzed, and trunk bending is the most common. In the seated position, the most common postural change is the head inclination to the right. It was also observed that some postural changes present a positive and important relation with musculo-squeletic injuries symptoms, with risk factors and with some of the sociodemographic factors. According to the results obtained, the necessity of establishing awareness programs for this issue becomes clear, as well as prevention programs of postural deviations.
The modern age brought human ways which make daily tasks easier, reducing physical activity and conditioning corporal posture. Nowadays the young population, in particular students, is exposed to a large quantity of risks of postural changes. However, the posture assumed by this class hasn’t been investigated a lot. Therefore, the general focus of this research is on the bi-dimensional evaluation of the corporal posture, in the standing and seated positions, of students of the 1st year of the Occupational Therapy Course, of Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. The specific aims focus on the verification of the relations between the postural changes of this group of students and the symptoms of musculo-squeletic injuries for the last 12 months, the socio-demographic factors and the factors considered risky of postural changes in students. For this purpose, the Software for Postural Evaluation and the Version adapted from the musculo-squeletic Nordic Questionnaire were used. Huge percentages of inadequate postures were verified. In the standing position all the students presented postural changes in one or more segments analyzed, and trunk bending is the most common. In the seated position, the most common postural change is the head inclination to the right. It was also observed that some postural changes present a positive and important relation with musculo-squeletic injuries symptoms, with risk factors and with some of the sociodemographic factors. According to the results obtained, the necessity of establishing awareness programs for this issue becomes clear, as well as prevention programs of postural deviations.
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Estudantes Alterações posturais Lesões músculo-esqueléticas Terapia Ocupacional Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Students Postural changes Musculo-squeletic injuries Occupational Therapy Polythecnic Institute of Leiria
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Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto