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Asian Spine Journal ; : 495-500, 2016.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-131697

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STUDY DESIGN: Observational study. PURPOSE: To correlate lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength in information technology (IT) professionals. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: IT professionals have to work for long hours in a sitting position, which can affect lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength. METHODS: Flexicurve was used to assess the lumbar lordosis, and pressure biofeedback was used to assess the lumbar core strength in the IT professionals. All subjects, both male and female, with and without complaint of low back pain and working for two or more years were included, and subjects with a history of spinal surgery or spinal deformity were excluded from the study. Analysis was done using Pearson's correlation. RESULTS: For the IT workers, no correlation was seen between lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength (r=-0.04); however, a weak negative correlation was seen in IT people who complained of pain (r=-0.12), while there was no correlation of lumbar lordosis and lumbar core in IT people who had no complains of pain (r=0.007). CONCLUSIONS: The study shows that there is no correlation of lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength in IT professionals, but a weak negative correlation was seen in IT people who complained of pain.


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Animals , Female , Humans , Male , Biofeedback, Psychology , Congenital Abnormalities , Lordosis , Low Back Pain , Observational Study
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Asian Spine Journal ; : 495-500, 2016.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-131696

ABSTRACT

STUDY DESIGN: Observational study. PURPOSE: To correlate lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength in information technology (IT) professionals. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: IT professionals have to work for long hours in a sitting position, which can affect lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength. METHODS: Flexicurve was used to assess the lumbar lordosis, and pressure biofeedback was used to assess the lumbar core strength in the IT professionals. All subjects, both male and female, with and without complaint of low back pain and working for two or more years were included, and subjects with a history of spinal surgery or spinal deformity were excluded from the study. Analysis was done using Pearson's correlation. RESULTS: For the IT workers, no correlation was seen between lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength (r=-0.04); however, a weak negative correlation was seen in IT people who complained of pain (r=-0.12), while there was no correlation of lumbar lordosis and lumbar core in IT people who had no complains of pain (r=0.007). CONCLUSIONS: The study shows that there is no correlation of lumbar lordosis and lumbar core strength in IT professionals, but a weak negative correlation was seen in IT people who complained of pain.


Subject(s)
Animals , Female , Humans , Male , Biofeedback, Psychology , Congenital Abnormalities , Lordosis , Low Back Pain , Observational Study
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Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-556344

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A hipercifose torácica é uma das alterações posturais mais comuns, sendo definida como um aumento da curvatura torácica no plano sagital da coluna vertebral. Com o envelhecimento, ocorrem alterações no sistema de controle postural que influenciam a mobilidade funcional e o déficit de equilíbrio em idosos. O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a cifose torácica de idosos praticantes de atividade física com idosos sedentários,determinando, assim, a influência da atividade física na cifose dorsal do idoso. Através de um estudo transversal, avaliaram-se 40 voluntários de ambos os sexos e sadios, que foram divididos em dois grupos, um de praticantes de atividades físicas (G1) e outro de sedentários(G2) com idade a partir de 60 anos e inferior a 69, que foram alocados aleatoriamente para aplicação do método flexicurva. Para a análise foram utilizados estatística descritiva, com média e desvio padrão, e o teste t independente de Student. Verificou-se que os indivíduos praticantes de atividade física foram os que menos sofreram com as alterações da curvatura da cifose torácica, mas não houve diferença significativa entre os grupos, indicando que idosos ativos e sedentários possuem características similares quanto à cifose torácica. Podese concluir que idosos ativos e sedentários apresentam características similares quanto à cifose torácica.


Thoracic hyperkyphosis is one of the most common postural changes, which is defined as an increase of thoracic spine curvature in the sagittal plane. The alterations that occur in the postural control system with age influence functional mobility and result in a lack of balance in older adults. The objective of this study was to compare thoracic kyphosis between physically active and sedentary older adults in order to determine the influence of physical activity on dorsal kyphosis in the elderly. In a cross-sectional study, 40 healthy volunteers of both genders, ranging in age from 60 to 69 years, were randomly divided into a physically active group and a sedentary group and evaluated by the flexicurve method. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and the Student t-test for independent samples were used for analysis. The results showed thatphysically active older adults presented fewer changes in the curvature of the thoracic spine than sedentary subjects, but the difference was not significant. In conclusion, active and sedentary older adults present similar characteristics in terms of thoracic kyphosis.

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RBM rev. bras. med ; 65(7)jul. 2008. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-491371

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Os programas de reabilitação no pós-operatório imediato de microdiscectomia lombar são descritos de maneira pouco detalhada na literatura médica, principalmente no que diz respeito às duas primeiras semanas após a cirurgia. Detalhar essa fase da reabilitação, assim como os métodos de avaliação utilizados foram os objetivos deste estudo. Participaram desse estudo experimental 46 pacientes, divididos em três grupos, o grupo 1 realizou um tratamento durante as duas semanas seguintes à cirurgia com exercícios específicos, supervisionados diariamente pelo mesmo fisioterapeuta e recebeu orientações por escrito e de maneira verbal durante a internação hospitalar. O grupo 2 recebeu o mesmo tratamento do grupo 1, adicionando o uso de um colete lombar do tipo putti-baixo sempre que saísse do leito, durante as duas semanas seguintes à cirurgia, retirando-o somente para o banho e ao deitar-se. O terceiro grupo recebeu apenas orientações sobre cuidados com a coluna e atividades diárias, semelhante aos grupos 1 e 2 durante a internação hospitalar. Os pacientes foram avaliados antes e após duas semanas de cirurgia utilizando-se escala analógica visual de dor, questionário SF-36 de qualidade de vida, teste de alcance funcional e alterações posturais pelo método flexicurva. Foi constatado que os pacientes que fizeram uso do protocolo de exercícios domiciliares, bem como do colete lombar obtiveram resultados tão significativos quanto o grupo que recebeu orientações sobre cuidados e atividades de vida diária para as próximas duas semanas. Portanto, os serviços que adotarem quaisquer dos métodos de intervenção aqui descritos obterão evolução significativa durante as duas semanas seguintes após a microcirurgia de hérnia de disco lombar.

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