Scoliosis
Conditions
Interventions
The research will be developed in two stages, concomitantly, with a total of 240 schools: 1) postural education in schools of the municipality of Santa Cruz, RN
2) Physical therapy treatment of those students who present with suspected postural scoliosis. In the study of Postural Education, attend approximately 210 students from public and private schools, an
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
7 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children and adolescents aged 7:17 years; both genders; enrolled in elementary or middle school of municipal, state or private schools, urban or rural area, the municipality of Santa Cruz / RN; presenting scoliosis posture after physical therapy evaluation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children and adolescents with physical disabilities and / or mental injury and orthopedic, trauma and / or rheumatic preventing the maintenance of orthostatic position.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased knowledge of students about the postural habits and correct to be adopted during activities of daily living (ADLs) posture; improved postural alignment evaluated by computerized photogrammetry, those students with scoliosis or postural changes.;No difference in learning the different postures during daily activities of school after shares of postural development was observed. Regarding the action of physical therapy intervention, there was no significant difference in body symmetry between the control and treatment, although there was maintaining the degree of scoliosis (or non-progression of scoliosis) in the treatment group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Verification of increased paraspinal muscle strength measured by the dorsal hand dynamometer.;There was no difference in paraspinal muscle strength after intervention by comparing control and treatment group. However, the analysis before and after the treatment group, there was increased paraspinal muscle strength after the intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMarina Baroni
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed