Influência do peso do material na postura de escolares do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The posture is influenced by several factors, the load to which children and teenagers are exposed on a daily basis may be an aggravating factor for postural deviations to settle in this phase and endure until the adult stage, which can lead to long term injuries. To investigate the effects of the weight of school material transported by elementary school students from a public school in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, on static posture. Methods Participants underwent to a subjective postural evaluation, anthropometric evaluation, and weighing of school material transported on that day, students answered a questionnaire regarding the mode of transport of the material,as well as personal data questionnaire. A 38.13% occurrence of postural deviations of the total of 118 participants was observed, of which Only 9.32% presented overload of materials transported. The most prevalent postural deviation was cervical hyperlordosis with 11.01% (p=0,12), followed by thoracic hyperciphosis with 9.32% (p=0,11). There was no significant relevance in the results found when compared to the overload transported with the postural deviations present. The weight of school backpacks, as isolated fator, does not seem to be significant in relation to postural changes present in this population, since it does not show significant relevance when compared the weight transported with the postural deviations studied.