tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Postural development in school children: a cross-sectional study"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Postural development in school children: a cross-sectional study. | BioMed Central Chiropractic Osteopathy Research Open Access Postural development in school children a cross-sectional study Danik Lafond 1 Martin Descarreaux2 Martin C Normand2 and Deed E Harrison3 Address 1Département des Sciences de l activité physique Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 3351 boul. des Forges . 500 Trois-Rivières QC G9A 5H7 Canada 2Département de Chiropratique Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 3351 boul. des Forges . 500 Trois-Rivières QC G9A 5H7 Canada and 3Ruby Mountain Chiropractic Center CBP NonProfit Inc Elko NV 89801 USA Email Danik Lafond - Martin Descarreaux - Martin C Normand - normand@ Deed E Harrison - drdeed@ Corresponding author Published 04 January 2007 Received 29 August 2006 r II- I Accepted 04 January 2007 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2007 15 1 doi 86 1746-1340-15-1 This article is available from http content 15 1 1 2007 Lafond et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Little information on quantitative sagittal plane postural alignment and evolution in children exists. The objectives of this study are to document the evolution of upright static sagittal posture in children and to identify possible critical phases of postural evolution maturation . Methods A total of 1084 children aged 4-12 years received a sagittal postural evaluation with the Biotonix postural analysis system. Data were retrieved from the Biotonix internet database. Children were stratified and analyzed by years of age with n 36 in the youngest age group 4 years and n 184 in the oldest age group 12 years . Children were analyzed in the neutral upright posture. Variables measured were .