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Journal of Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 Euro Physiotherapy 2017
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December 07-08, 2017 Rome, Italy
4th Euro-Global Physiotherapy Congress 2017
School physiotherapy program: Effects on
the improvement of non-specific low back
pain and postures adopted in adolescents
Beatriz Minghelli
Research in Education and Community Intervention, Brazil
Low back pain (LBP) has become a growing public
health problem in adolescents, presenting a relatively
high prevalence during school age. In southern Portugal,
966 adolescents were evaluated, aged between 10 and
16 years and the results revealed that 15.7% of students
had LPB at the present time, 47.2% had experienced
it in the last year and 62.1% had lifetime prevalence of
LBP. Several factors may be involved in the pathogenesis
of LBP, such as genetic, psychosocial, physiological,
anthropometric and environmental, among them ethnicity,
age, sex, smoking, obesity, physical activity practice,
sedentary activities such as television watching and
computer use, adoption of wrong postures and incorrect
transportation and excess weight in school backpacks.
Minghelli et al. study found that students who sit with
the spine incorrectly positioned presented 2.49 (95%
CI: 1.91-3.2, p<0.001) greater probability of having LBP,
and students using improper positions for watching TV or
playing games have 2.01 (95% CI: 1.55-2.61, p<0.001)
greater probabilities compared to those who adopted
correct postures. Physiotherapy in the school health
field emerges with the objective of promoting knowledge
and health conditions in this specific area of LBP and
postural changes, optimizing the technical and personal
skills of teachers and students, and developing individual
and collective health potential. The performance of the
Physiotherapist in schools should involve a salutogenic
approach in order to create in schools a stimulating
environment of creativity and a critical sense, and not
just an intervention aiming at changes in risk factors.
Empowerment, capacity and motivation must be given
so that adolescents and the entire school community are
responsible for their own health choices. Several studies
have verified the effectiveness of a school health program
in improving students’ posture and knowledge about
ergonomic issues, however, there are still no guidelines
and little is known about the effectiveness of such a
program. The objective of this oral presentation will be to
disseminate the guidelines of scientific studies that were
used in school health programs and their effectiveness
and to present a school health project developed in
schools in the south of Portugal.
Biography
Beatriz Minghelli is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Health Jean Piaget/
Algarve, Piaget Institute of Study Cycles in Physiotherapy and Nursing since
2006. She is Member of Research in Education and Community Intervention
(RECI) –Piaget Institute PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology specialty, in the
National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal, and
Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the School of Human Kinetics,
University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Physiotherapist by Education School
Helena Antipoff - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With regard to research, she has 27
publications in national and international journals and several participations
in scientific events through work in the form of poster and oral presentations.
Reviewer of scientific article for several journals: Journal of Public Health, BMC
Musculoskeletal Disorders, International Journal of General Medicine, Clinico
Economics and outcomes research, Journal of Spine and Neurosurgery,
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, Archives of Physiotherapy,
Journal of Pain Research). She is a Member of the Editorial Board of the
Journal Austin Spine, EC Orthopaedics Journal, research and reviews. Most
investigations are related to epidemiology studies, including obesity, low back
pain, scoliosis, postural changes, and injuries in different sports (soccer, surf,
cycling and martial arts).
Beatriz Minghelli, J Phys Ther Sports Med 2017