PosturalMind - Postural Education in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain and postural changes in children in the basic school

Postural habits are considered one of the main risk for the development of musculoskeletal disorders in adults, in order to that is emergent preventive measures in childhood (Braccialli & Vilarta, 2017; Desouzart, Filgueiras, Matos, & Dagge, 2016). Physical activity and postural habits are very important to maintain healthy body free from pain, so is important that schools have educational program with preventive approach, designed to be implemented in the environment school. The intervention is made in Postural educational group - back school intervention according Zachrisson (1981). Postural education group - This program will be held during citizenship and civics classes, with a frequency of 30 minutes once a week for 8 weeks. These sessions will be conducted by the principal investigator, PhD in human kinetics, and by two collaborating researchers and are made in group. These attitudes were reinforced with meetings held by the principal investigator, and teachers role of observing the posture of his students and guides them when they are inadequate, indicating the ideas postures provided in study sessions and use class attendance checklists. The postural educational group according education program recommends the following next steps: - Sitting: Maintenance of standing back against the back of the chair; positioning the region of the closest possible glutes of the chair and your feet flat on the floor. Where the chair did not allow proper support of the feet on the ground, the students were asked to put a support (books, shoe box); - Standing with the upright head; back straight and feet apart at shoulder width; - Lying in lateral decubitus cushion in the head with a height equal to distance between the shoulder and neck and pillow between your legs; - Carry a backpack with a strap on each shoulder, avoid carrying more than 10% by body weight. - Survey and object transfer: proper way to pick up objects on the floor: perform the activity bending your knees and not the spine; correct way to transfer objects from one place to another, stand in front of the object, hold it with both hands and close to the body, avoiding twisting the trunk. The aim of this study is analyze the postural intervention in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain and postural changes in children in the 2nd and 3rd cycle of elementary education. It is believed that postural education habits also play an essential role in children's health, and the Back-school program or the gamification program may be responsible for bringing postural education to the school context, with different preventive strategies for application in the daily life of children.