Kuligowski Tomasz, Radziszewski Łukasz, Czerwiński Bartłomiej, Pióro Agnieszka
Dev Period Med. 2015 Jul-Sep;19(3 Pt 2):362-6.
Sedentary lifestyle and its consequences are becoming a serious problem not only among the elderly but also relate to children. Reduced muscle mass, disorder of normal spinal curves or problems related to the percentage of body fat are part of physical activity limitation. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between somatic type of the body and spinal curvatures in school children.
This study included 94 randomly selected children from 1-3 elementary schools grades, 49 girls and 45 boys. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: a group of children with a BMI indicating underweight (BMI <14.5, n=25), a group of children with normal BMI (BMI = 14.5-17.5, n = 33) and children BMI indicating overweight (BMI > 17.5, n = 36). The Posturometr-S was a device used for measurement and evaluation of the formation of the spine in the sagittal plane. There were three angles of inclination of anterior-posterior curvature of the spine identified: the α angle-upper thoracic spine, the β angle-thoraco-lumbar spine and the γ angle-lumbosacral spine.
Analysing the results of the different angles of curvature of the spine in the sagittal plane we can notice a statistically significant difference between the groups only in the a angle.
The own investigations have showed that the somatic type of the body does not affect the shape of the spine in school children assessed using Posturometr-S. Ther investigations are needed.
久坐不动的生活方式及其后果不仅在老年人中，而且在儿童中都正成为一个严重问题。肌肉量减少、正常脊柱曲线紊乱或与体脂百分比相关的问题都是身体活动受限的一部分。本研究的目的是评估学龄儿童身体体型与脊柱弯曲之间的关系。
本研究包括从1至3年级小学随机选取的94名儿童，49名女孩和45名男孩。受试者被分为3组：一组BMI表明体重过轻的儿童（BMI<14.5，n = 25），一组BMI正常的儿童（BMI = 14.5 - 17.5，n = 33）以及BMI表明超重的儿童（BMI>17.5，n = 36）。Posturometr - S是一种用于测量和评估脊柱矢状面形态的设备。确定了脊柱前后弯曲的三个倾斜角度：α角 - 上胸椎，β角 - 胸腰椎以及γ角 - 腰骶椎。
分析脊柱矢状面不同弯曲角度的结果时，我们仅在α角上注意到组间存在统计学显著差异。
自身研究表明，使用Posturometr - S评估时，身体体型不会影响学龄儿童的脊柱形状。还需要进一步研究。
