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Postural body: a systematic review about assessment methods.

Introduction: There are different methods for assessing body posture used in physiotherapeutic research, however, there is still no consensus on what would be the most widely used. Objective: Review the methods for body postural assessment used in research today. Method: A literature review was perf...

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Published in:Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal Vol. 14; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors: Braatz Petermann, Xavele, Welter Meereis, Estele Caroline
Format: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Revista Terapia Manual 2016
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          Braatz Petermann, Xavele
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          Posture Evaluation
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        Introduction: There are different methods for assessing body posture used in physiotherapeutic research, however, there is still no consensus on what would be the most widely used. Objective: Review the methods for body postural assessment used in research today. Method: A literature review was performed on Brazilian papers published from 2010 to 2014. This papers were found Virtual Health Library database, with Health Sciences Descriptors: posture and assessment. Results: Ten assessment methods were found, as follows: Postural Assessment Software (PAS), digital photography, photogrammetry, photography, Kendall et.al. method, Kendall et.al. method with photography, New York Postural Assessment method (NYPAM), biophotogrammetry, evaluation form, and posturograma. Among others, the most used method is PAS (15 papers), followed by Kendall et.al. method with photography (six papers). Conclusion: Various methods for body postural assessment are employed, among PAS show us that is the most used.
        Introdução: Existem diferentes métodos para avaliação da postura corporal que são utilizados em pesquisas por fisioterapeutas, no entanto, ainda não existe um consenso sobre qual seria o método mais utilizado em estudos nesta área. Objetivo: Realizar uma revisão sobre métodos de avaliação da postura corporal utilizados em pesquisas na atualidade. Método: Foi realizada uma busca bibliográfica de artigos brasileiros publicados entre 2010 e 2014, na base de dados da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, com os Descritores em Ciências da Saúde: Postura e avaliação. Resultados: Foram encontrados 10 métodos de avaliação, sendo eles: Software para Avaliação Postural (PAS), Fotografia digital, Fotogrametria, Fotografia, Método de Kendall et al., Fotografia com método de Kendall et al., Método de Avaliação Postural de Nova York (MAPNY), Biofotogrametria, Ficha de avaliação e Posturograma. Dentre os métodos utilizados, o mais frequente foi o PAS (15 artigos), seguido da Fotografia com método de Kendall et al. (seis artigos). Conclusão: Foi verificado que são empregados diversos métodos para a avaliação da postura corporal, dentre os quais o PAS mostrou-se como o mais utilizado.
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