Desvios posturais: Predominância e conscientização em escolares do Pontal do Araguaia – MT

Abstract

Posture occurs due to the orthostatic balance of lower stress and tension in the joints, that is, the better distribution of body masses promoting minimal effort. The present study had as objective to investigate the predominance or not of postural deviations of the trunk and the awareness of the weight carried in the students of both sexes from the 6th to the 9th year of the elementary school of a public school in the city of Pontal do Araguaia / MT . For the 19 method, a cross-sectional and descriptive study with a qualitative and quantitative approach was used. The sample consisted of 50 students of both sexes, in the age range of 11 to 15 years of age. To evaluate the posture, it was used the conventional sym - charter, webcam 350 Knight ®computer CCE ® 500 Gb and to inquire the awareness of the transported weight, the questionnaire of posture habits was used, as well as weighed the school subjects. The results were 33.33% of scoliosis for males and 18.75% for females. For the transported weight the average of the male was 4, 072 kg and in the female was 4, 135 kg and that is within the 10% required by the law No. 10.759. For the awareness of the load, the result was 77.77% for males and 71.87% for females. It was concluded in the present study that there was a predominance of the postural deviation of scoliosis, and that they are aware of the weight carried and the load is within normal standards.