Background: Knowledge of pre-adolescents’ postural habits and back pain profiles is essential for school health teams to develop systematized intervention strategies.Objective: To perform the psychometric validation of the Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI) for Portuguese pre-adolescents.Methodology: A methodological study was conducted for the instrument’s linguistic adaptation, pre-tes...
Introduction: quality of Life is a growing concern across various sectors of human activity, and the academic world has noticed. The academic community has consistently shown interest in studying Quality of Life, and this theme has been the focus of several research studies. It is crucial to understand how teachers perceive their Quality of Life and to determine if they have been the focus of these investigatio...
Objective: This study aimed to determine the repeatability and reproducibility of a topographic system for evaluating the spine in students. Methods: Thirty-seven students participated in this study. Participants were positioned with their backs facing the system, in orthostatic posture, with bare backs. The spinous processes of the seventh cervical vertebra (C7) and second sacral vertebra (S2), and the right a...
Background: Adolescence is the period when postural changes occur, as it is a phase when the body develops and grows. It is also the most appropriate time to evaluate and detect postural problems, and preventive measures may help to avoid these possible changes. However, studies evaluating the postural changes in this age group are lacking. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate thoracic kyphosi...
Financial support and science promotion policies require preliminary studies of diagnoses, researcher profiles and historicity. Based on that new propositions to stimulate the areas of knowledge, the participation of researchers by gender or even the allocation of resources by region may be implemented. In this context, this study aims to describe the profile of the Scientific Initiation scholarship holders, th...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:53:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; Background: Low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent in children and adolescents, while psychosocial, anthropometric, developmental, and lifestyle factors have been associated. However, the evidence is inconsistent from a biological point of view, so identifying predictors of LBP in the 6–12 years childr...
As Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) dos cursos de graduação em Farmácia foram estabelecidas em 2002 que substituíram os currículos mínimos. Em 2017 houve uma atualização e reformulação das DCN e por isso o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a DCN de 2017 do curso de Farmácia e identificar as perspectivas e os desafios para o ensino farmacêutico. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo exploratório, por meio d...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the behaviour of postural variables and the associated factors, like back pain and life habits, in schoolchildren during a period of four years. Forty-two school children underwent a postural assessment using Digital Image-Based Postural Assessment software. They also answered the self-administered questionnaire titled, “Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument” to ...
Este estudo objetivou identificar a prevalência de dor em adolescentes estudantes do ensino médio diurno das escolas estaduais do município de Garibaldi/RS. Utilizou-se o questionário (Instrumento para avaliação da dor nas costas - IDC) composto de questões fechadas para avaliar a dor. O IDC foi aplicado em 688 adolescentes de ambos os sexos de 13 a 20 anos (média de idade de 15,6 anos), de duas escolas estadua...
Objetivo: propor uma metodologia para a análise cinemática da corrida de 50m de escolares. Método: para a avaliação cinemática, 28 escolares correram sobre um papel colado no solo, sendo demarcados os contatos dos pés com o solo, e realizadas filmagens do plano sagital. Foram mensurados o tempo total do percurso e a cada 5 metros, a frequência de passos e a velocidade. Resultados: os meninos foram mais rápidos ...