INTRODUCTION: Global posture reeducation (GPR) is an evaluation and treatment method to several postural dysfunctions that use through global postures to treat alterations on muscular chains. OBJECTIVE: to analyze the effect of one session of GPR in the posture of women with shortened anterior muscular chain. METHODS: Thirty volunteers (20 ± 2.4 years) with shortened anterior chain were divided randomly in two groups: experimental group and control group. In the experimental group GPR was applied for 40 min, and in the control group, the participants were not submitted to any procedure. Eleven related variables were measured to analyze posture through photometry, before and immediately after GPR technique. RESULTS: The related variables to head and shoulder presented significant modifications as: the angle of head protrusion (p = 0.00), the head's horizontal alignment (p = 0.02), distance plum-line through ear (p = 0.00) and distance plumb-line through acromy (p = 0.00). CONCLUSION: GPR induced immediate effect in the head's and shoulder position; however a single intervention of GPR was not able to alter the positioning of other analyzed structures, as trunk, pelvis and inferior limb.
Muscle stretching exercises; Photometry; Posture; Physiotherapy
