PosturalMind - Postural Education in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain and postural changes in children in the basic school

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 23 March 2020
• Main ID: ACTRN12618000720213
• Date of registration: 02/05/2018
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: RECI (Research in Education and Community Intervention)
• Public title: PosturalMind - Postural Education in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain and postural changes in children in the basic school
• Scientific title: PosturalMind - Postural Education in the prevention of musculoskeletal pain and postural changes in children in the basic school
• Date of first enrolment: 13/04/2020
• Target sample size: 200
• Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
• URL: https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12618000720213.aspx
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Purpose: Educational / counselling / training; Allocation: Non-randomised trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy;
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Portugal

Contacts

• Name: Prof Gustavo Desouzart

• Name: Prof Gustavo Desouzart

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Young and teenager
- Belonging to the 2nd Basic Education Cycle and the 3rd Basic Education Cycle
- Belonging to the basic schools of the district of Viseu, Leiria and Coimbra
- Students that the parents consented, were analyzed
Exclusion criteria: - Children with psychiatric disorders compromising locomotion, communication and performance of Daily Life Activities
- Neurological pathology.

Age minimum: 9 Years
Age maximum: 16 Years
Gender: Both males and females

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Postural behavior;Musculoskeletal pain;
Postural behavior
Musculoskeletal pain

Intervention(s)

Postural habits are considered one of the main risk for the development of musculoskeletal disorders in adults, in order to that is emergent preventive measures in childhood (Braccialli & Vilarta, 2017; Desouzart, Filgueiras, Matos, & Dagge, 2016).
Physical activity and postural habits are very important to maintain healthy body free from pain, so is important that schools have educational program with preventive approach, designed to be implemented in the environment school.
The intervention is made in Postural educational group - back school intervention according Zachrisson (1981).
Postural education group - This program will be held during citizenship and civics classes, with a frequency of 30 minutes once a week for 8 weeks. These sessions will be conducted by the principal investigator, PhD in human kinetics, and by two collaborating researchers and are made in group. These attitudes were reinforced with meetings held by the principal investigator, and teachers role of observing the posture of his students and guides them when they are inadequate, indicating the ideas postures provided in study sessions and use class attendance checklists.
The postural educational group according education program recommends the following next steps:
- Sitting: Maintenance of standing back against the back of the chair; positioning the region of the closest possible glutes of the chair and your feet flat on the floor. Where the chair did not allow proper support of the feet on the ground, the students were asked to put a support (books, shoe box);
- Standing with the upright head; back straight and feet apart at shoulder width;
- Lying in lateral decubitus cushion in the head with a height equal to distance between the shoulder and neck and pillow between your

Primary Outcome(s)

Analysis a musculoskeletal pain assessment in school age children using questionnaire according to Body Discomfort Scale (Corlett and Bishop, 1976) in order to verify and categorize the pain felt (where 0 corresponded to no pain and 5 to the full amount of pain felt by the subject), and its duration (acute pain, subacute or chronic pain).[At baseline]

Analysis an initial postural behavior assessment in school age children using questionnaire according to Postural behavior questionnaire (Rebolho, 2005) and postural changes during the school year.[At baseline ]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Postural habits as assessed by questionnaire according to Postural behavior questionnaire (Rebolho, 2005)[4 weeks and 8 weeks after ergonomics postural recommended]

Analyse whether ergonomics postural recommended were implemented, there will be assessed by a personal or telephone contact with teachers and parents[Once a weeks during eight weeks after ergonomics postural recommended .
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Musculoskeletal pain as assessed by questionnaire according to Body Discomfort Scale (Corlett and Bishop, 1976).[4 weeks and 8 weeks after ergonomics postural recommended.
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Secondary ID(s)

None

Source(s) of Monetary Support

RECI (Research in Education and Community Intervention)

Ethics review

Status: Not approved
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