Postural Balance
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 44 dentistry students who use the saddle seat, in their clinical practice, in the 10-month period. Control group: 40 dentistry students who use the conventional seat in their clini
Other
Sponsors
Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba- Unicamp
Fundação Hermínio Ometto - Uniararas
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers; both genders; age between 18 and 50 years; enrolled in disciplines with clinical care of patients.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers who made continuous use of pain medication; with diagnosis of mental disorders; in clinical and / or physiological conditions that made it impossible to perform the clinical care of patients;
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean difference of the low back and cervicalgia scores determined by questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study;Decreased scores of low back pain and neck pain, measured by means of questionnaires, from a variation of at least 18% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean difference of the Projection of the center of gravity determined by photogrammetry at the beginning and end of the study;Improvement in the means of projection of the center of gravity in the intervention group, evaluated by means of photogrammetry, with averages 70% closer to normal in the pre- and post-intervention measurements | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAntonio Pereira
Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba- Unicamp
Outcome results
None listed