Qualidade postural em pré-adolescentes: construção e validação de escala. / Quality posture in teenagers: scale construction and validation.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The corporal posture is based in a system complex influenced by factors like balance, muscular force, flexibility and harmony of the muscle skeletic system. This study had the objective elaborate a quality scale of corporal posture for teenagers. Two samples were used. The sample 1 was compound for four female physiotherapiers, that participated like judges in the content evaluation of scale. In the sample 2 participated 92 teenagers, 40 masculine and 52 female; 35 of for private school and 57 for public school, 5 and 6 grades with 10 and 12 years old, from interior São Paulo state. The instruments used were: Quality Posture Scale for teenagers and Assessment Program Computerized- denominate Posturograma. The scale measured fours areas: 1-referring to seated posture, 2- foot posture, 3- evaluated the lied posture and 4- the posture in relation school things. The program the Assessment Computerized determined the distances between anatomics points in 6 photographies made in the anterior and posterior view, right and left profile, anterior inflection in the anterior view and profile. Used the Variant Analysis Univariant and the correlations Pearsons statistics verifications. The constructor validity Posture Quality Scale was verified through of significative correlation (p ≤ 0,05) between its series. If you compare, the scale results with measures of Assessment Computerized Posture just 3 significatives correlations. So, conclued that is possible assess the quality posture of teenagers through valid instruments, however others studies made necessaries in the area.

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scale avaliação postura quality psicologia assessment posture qualidade escala

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