Student body posture in Brazilian studies

To identify and characterize the profile of Brazilian reports that have examined body posture of students, between 6 and 18 years old, the methods used and the results found. The research has been made on the SciELO, LILACS, PubMed and in the physiotherapy national journal, through the words in portuguese and english: posture, posture assessment, student and child. The research was taken from july 2012 to december 2013, taking into account the following inclusion criteria: national studies, with students between 6 and 18 years old, developed in schools that evaluated at least two body segments. Have been selected 28 students, from 68 found. The age range of 10 years old has been the most examined (24). The amount of students assessed was 5.334. There has been objective evaluation predominance (50.0%), in which photographic records have been used in 12 evaluations. Software was used in 8 evaluations in order to analyze the asymmetries. The Southeast stood out with 16 publications. The main body changes that appeared: lumbar hyperlordosis, thoracic hyperkyphosis, valgus knee and protrusion and/or uneven shoulders. From the ages of 7 and 8, the hyperlordosis and the valgus knee prevailed. Was concluided than the variability of methods used on the researches, as well as the age range diversity, has limited the characterization of these studies related to the prevalence of alterations in this group.

Child; Adolescent; Literature Review as Topic; Outcome and Process Assesment (Health Care)