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ArticleRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2014

[Influence of flexibility and gender on the posture of school children].

Jerusa Jordão Coelho, Maylli Daiani Graciosa, Daiane Lazzeri de Medeiros, Sheila Cristina da Silva Pacheco, Leticia Miranda Resende da Costa, Lilian Gerdi Kittel Ries

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Article in Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Posture Status Differences Between Preschool Boys and Girls.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025
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  3. Lower-Limb Range of Motion Predicts Sagittal Spinal Misalignments in Children: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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6 authors.

Jerusa Jordão CoelhoUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Electronic address: jerusa.jordao@hotmail.com.
Maylli Daiani GraciosaUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Daiane Lazzeri de MedeirosUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Sheila Cristina da Silva PachecoUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Leticia Miranda Resende da CostaUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Lilian Gerdi Kittel RiesUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate whether flexibility and gender influence students' posture.

methodEvaluation of 60 female and male students, aged 5 to 14 years, divided into two groups: normal flexibility (n=21) and reduced flexibility (n=39). Flexibility and posture were assessed by photogrammetry and by the elevation of the lower limbs in extension, considering the leg angle and the postural evaluation. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were used for data analysis. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to assess the joint influence of flexibility and gender on the posture-dependent variables. After verifying an interactive effect between the variables of gender and flexibility, multiple comparisons using the t test were applied.

resultsFlexibility influenced the symmetry angle of the knee (p<0.05) and anteroposterior body tilt (p<0.05). Gender did not influence postural angles (p>0.05). There was an interactive effect between the variables of gender and flexibility on the knee symmetry angle (p<0.02). Male students with reduced flexibility had greater asymmetry of the knee when compared to the other subgroups.

conclusionPosture was influenced by an isolated effect of the variable of flexibility and by an interactive effect between gender and flexibility.

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PostureRange of Motion, ArticularSex CharacteristicsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleAdolescentAdolescenteAmplitude do movimento articularChildCriançaPosturaPostureRange of articular motionSexSexo

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PMCPMC4227344

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