Avaliação postural de idosos: metodologia e diagnóstico / Postural assessment of elderly people: methodology and diagnosis

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This descriptive study aimed validating the postural evaluation system and to evaluate the posture of the cervical and thoracic spine area in the sagittal plan with the level of physical activity of elderly people. The sample was composed by 72 people (elderly), being 55 women and 17 men, with average age of the 69,19 years old (_=6,63), all of them belonged to Third Age Group from the Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina UDESC. The instruments for data collection were: interview and the IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire, version 8). A posture assessment system was elaborated for this study, setting up a Rotative Platform for Postural Assessment (PGAP), and also using a camera, a calibration stand and specific software; the instruments were applied individually. Data were tabulated and stored in the statistical package Statistica version 6.0, and the Pearsons Correlation Coefficient, chi-square and Students t test were used, with a significance level of p <0,05. Fifty three of these people had age between 60 and 74 years old (young elderlies) and nineteen above to 75 (old elderlies). Most of them could be considered active physically (98,6%). Older women were more active than men. The sitting time average ( =1.876 min/sem) was superior than time spent in physical activity ( =1.732 min/sem). Young elderlies were more active ( =1.136 min/sem.) that the oldest ones ( =825 min/sem.). Younger elderlies were more active than old ones. The cervical% index average was 37,5 and the thoracic% one, 15,9. According the statistical tests, there was no significant statistically relationship between these both variables. The women presented larger cervical% index (38,4) that the men (34,5) and smaller thoracic% index (15,7 and 16,4, respectively). The youngest showed a larger cervical% (38,7) and thoracic% (15.9) index than the oldest ones (34,0 and 15,7). There was significant difference (t test) between cervical% index and age classification (p=0,0598). The apex of the cervical and thoracic for all the people was placed in the superior part of the curvature. The thoracic apex and index presented significant statistically correlation (r=0,23). It is ended that: There is no relationship between the physical activity and cervical and thoracic postures in this study. High levels of physical activity were associated to high indexes of kyphosis. This work concluded that: the evaluation system proposed got successfully with a huge applicability. The indexes proposed to measure posture of the cervical and thoracic spine area showed finely the curves characteristics. Elderly with a higher physical activity are related to more accentuated curves in the thoracic area.

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nível de atividade física idosos postura cervical postura torácica thoracic posture postura humana cervical posture physical activity educacao fisica elderly

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