Correlações da impressão plantar com disfunções biomecânicas crânio cervicais e em membros inferiores em adolescentes obesos

Abstract

Change at the individual body as obesity, if there is no efficient adaptive phenomena, generated by the body itself, may have serious consequences for postural disorders. Objective: Analyze the postural pattern of obese teenagers through the biophotogrammetry in public schools of Teresina City, Piauí State. Methodology: The sample was compose by 88 teenagers (10-14 years old) categorized in Control Group - CG (n=33), Overweight Group - OWG (n=24) and Obese Group - OG (n=31). The scholars were positioned and photographed in anterior-frontal, right sagital and posterior orthostatic position. Plantar pressures were registered in a podoscopy. A postural evaluation was performed using the Corel Draw 12 program based on the principle of photogrammetry. Results: The incidence of overweight and obesity was 41, 67 and 67.74% in the male sex; 58.33% and 32.26% in the female sex. The major incidence of postural alterations among teenagers of the OG and OWG with P < 0,001 was in the D cervical angle and P<0.01 in E cervical angle. A major support in the D foot central region and in the E heel region with P<0.01 in relation to the euthrophic group was observed. There was a significant result in the lumbar curvature with P<0.001. Conclusion: Obesity in teenagers may lead to postural alterations.