A influência da relação cintura quadril no equilíbrio estático e na distribuição do peso plantar

Abstract

The Waist-hip ratio (WHR), used to measure the visceral fat whose importance is due to the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome and the predictor of cardiovascular diseases responsible for high mortality rates in Brazil, presents each more importantly, due to the increase in the prevalence of obesity that alters the static equilibrium and the distribution of the plantar weight. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the influence of WHR in these components of functional activities. Methodology: 163 healthy individuals selected among academics and administrative technical officials of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará, in the period of August 2016 to April 2017, performed the measurement of the WHR through a metric ribbon Inelastic and the evaluation of plantar pressure and static equilibrium in a baropodometro. Objective: determining the influence of the Waist-hip ratio (WHR) in static equilibrium and weight distribution. Results: the media age of 22,65 ± 5.85 years, whose body mass index (IMC) average of 24,04 ± 4, 71kg/m2, being the majority of female (n = 107, 65.64%). The WHR presented media of 0.76 ± 0.07 and weak and moderate correlation with the areas of the quadrants and weight of the feet (P = 0.000). Conclusion: the WHR presents influences in the plantar pressure and rejecting for the static balance in the study participants.