Open AccessDesvios posturais, atividade física e puberdade: estudo transversal com crianças
Author(s) -
Cristianne Morgado Montenegro,
Tatiana Affornali Tozo,
Beatriz Pereira,
João Otacílio Libardoni dos Santos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista brasileira de fisiologia do exercício/revista brasileira de fisiologia do exercício
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2675-1372
pISSN - 1677-8510
DOI - 10.33233/rbfex.v19i6.3202
Subject(s) - psychology , humanities , philosophy
Currently, postural deviations represent one of the biggest epidemiological problems among children and adolescents. Objective: To analyze whether there is an association between aerobic fitness and the level of physical activity in children and adolescents and the occurrence of postural deviations in children and adolescents. Methods: The study analyzed 380 children and adolescents, 54% female and 46% male, between 10 and 18 years old. The selected variables were: Aerobic fitness, Physical activity level, and Postural deviations. To determine the variables, Fitnessgram, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, and the method of photogrammetry of Postural Assessment Based on Digital Image version 3.1 were used. Results: There were statistically significant association between aerobic fitness and lumbar hyperlordosis in males (p = 0.049). Binary logistic regression adjusted for the boys' group (OR = 3.268) showed the possibility of lumbar hyperlordosis to develop three times more in boys with adequate aerobic fitness. Conclusion: Boys with lumbar hyperlordosis had satisfactory levels of aerobic fitness. Other risk factors, such as muscle fitness, seem to influence the occurrence of lumbar hyperlordosis.Keywords: posture, physical fitness, physical activity, children.