respirators are commonly used to protect workers against workplace airborne contaminants, but this equipment may become a safety hazard by creating discomfort, disorientation and postural instability. although postural stability is critical to workers, especially those working near moving objects or on surfaces where a loss of balance may become life threatening, little attention has been given...

For several decades the problem of prevention and correction posture disorders in primary school children has not lost its relevance. Statistics show that 68-94 % students have disorders. A special place classification is occupied by a scoliotic posture. Such statement indicates health improving physical education does fully solve tasks assigned to it. Analysis literature sources allowed us est...

Covid-19 led to changes in face-to-face education, replaced by remote teaching, leading teachers health consequences. The pandemic may have generated new musculoskeletal or intensified pre-existing ones. objective was evaluate the time during which professors worked remotely, analyzing incidence of alterations. Data collection took place 2021 using Google forms. There were 92 responses, those t...

introduction: postural control is regarded to as a critical element in physical activities and as an important factor in performing athletic skills. previous studies have reported controversial results about the effects of different training programs and also of detraining on the postural control. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of two-, four-, and six-week detraining after a period of ...

background postural instability is one of the common problems of aging. however, with increased age many systems of body such as musculoskeletal system are affected and changed. one of these changes is knee flexion contracture. the study aimed to investigate the simulated knee flexion contracture effects on postural stability in elderly. material and methods 15 elderly subjects (11 men, 4 women...

Visual, proprioceptive and vestibular systems clearly contribute to postural control, as several studies have shown that visual [1] proprioceptive [2] or vestibular [3] stimulation evokes and controls body sway. Each sensory system detects an “error”, indicating a deviation in the body’s orientation from a reference position. The visual system is considered to be the most complex [4] of the sen...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS In the United States, falls are the leading cause of accidental deaths in adults aged over 65 years. Epidemiologic studies indicate that there is a correlation between hearing loss and the risk of falling among older people. The vestibular, proprioceptive, and visual systems are known to contribute to postural stability, but the contribution of audition to maintaining bala...

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was an objective integrated assessment of the functional outcomes of reduction mammaplasty. METHODS The study involved 17 women undergoing reduction mammaplasty from March 2009 to June 2011. Each patient was assessed before surgery and 2 months postoperatively with the original association of 4 subjective and objective assessment methods: a physiatric clinical ...

Introduction Effective primary strategies are expected to be a costefficient approach to reduce attributable morbidity caused by sagittal spino-pelvic misalignment. For such strategies to emerge we need to synthesized what is known on the causes of sagittal misalignment. This review aims to critically summarize published evidence on the determinants of non-neutral sagittal standing posture. Dis...