Valoración de la postura en los niños de la Escuela Miguel Ángel Estrella, y programa de intervención educativa, Cuenca 2010

Abstract

This participatory action research type study aims to promote health and correct posture in 730 students from the city of Cuenca, during school "Miguel Angel Estrella Arévalo" year 2009-2010, so a postural assessment of children, be carried out to determine the presence of postural alterations, provide adequate treatment and contribute to the development of knowledge, attitudes and health promoting healthy practices. Turn the school into a healthy space and therefore Manager of the processes involving family and community. This study sets out ways to apply the position analysis of postural assessment test, the application of this tool allows professional physical therapist, obtaining objective and quantitative data. Individual risks require a gritty evaluation singularizando the functional status of the student, relating it to their specific tasks, useful everyday study as conditions and other activities of their daily lives. Prevention we must look for tools that allow us to have a better command of the upset and musculo-skeletal, imbalances of children through proper treatment with physiotherapy and kinesiotherapy; In addition the promotion of knowledge, attitudes and healthy practices are key objectives of this research. As regards research, 730 children evaluated, 61% have postural alterations and 39 per cent do not have any kind of modification is a worrying percentage because alterations are varied such as: BMI was elevated in obese with a 14.8% while the thinness was 8.1% So it is a higher prevalence of alterations in children from 9 to 10 years with 27.4 % At the respective analysis of our survey, detect the presence of several alterations of stance among which are: attitude escoliótica, Hyperkyphosis and flat feet.

DeCS: Posture Reference Values, Children, Students, academic institutions, Public Sector, Health Education, Educational Intervention Programme, Cuenca - Ecuador.