%0 Journal Article %T LABOR GYMNASTICS: STRETCHING EXERCISE X FLEXIONAMENT %A Jacqueline Amorin Anchieta Borges da Silva %A Isabel Cristina Taranto e Fernanda Piasecki %J SaBios : Revista de Sa¨²de e Biologia %D 2006 %I Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mour?o %X Nowadays, there are many opportunities for the society to live a healthful and long life. At the same time, never people was so sedentary and without harmony. Without a healthy body and with ¡°an occupied mind¡± the human loses exactly what more it needs: the disposal to produce, to coexist and to live a good life. In this context, the present research aimed to revise some terms related to labor gymnastics, which is focused in the prevention of risks related to hours of working and in the reduction of muscular tension levels that may be originated during a day of work. Thus, the present study will make a differentiation between the use of stretching and flexionament during labor gymnastic sessions. %U http://www.revista.grupointegrado.br/sabios/viewarticle.php?id=85&layout=abstract