Valoración de la postura en los niños de primero a cuarto año de Educación Básica de la Escuela Fiscomisional Salesiana Padre Carlos Crespi; y Programa de Intervención Educativa, Cuenca, mayo-noviembre del 2010

Abstract

This type of research, Participatory Action Intervention called Postural Assessment in Children in first through fourth year of elementary Fiscomisional Salesian School “Padre Carlos Crespi "and Educational Intervention Program was held in the city of Cuenca with a population of 457 children who underwent a postural assessment to determine the presence of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and management and make appropriate kinetic, and contributes to the development of knowledge, attitudes and practices through the creation of healthy environments, where the campus is the involved to achieve an educational unit with appropriate lifestyle for health that promote the smooth performance of their students. This study found that 39,25% of the children evaluated did not present any postural change, and that the 60,75% had some type of them, of these, 41,32% are back disorders, and 18,30% to alterations of the feet; and are most common the hyperlordosis and flat feet false, respectively. The peak prevalence of alterations corresponded to children ages 6 to 7 years old. The knowledge, attitudes and practices that proved healthy children before the interventions were poor, so educational and communicative workshops were held, after which the measurements yielded favorable results in each, allowing the development of new experiences and improvements in the quality and lifestyle.

DeCS: Posture; Reference Values; Child; Physical Therapy (Specialty); Schools; Education, Primary and Secondary; Health Education; Cuenca – Ecuador.