%0 Journal Article
%T Avalia£ż£żo da curvatura tor¨˘cica e da presen£ża de dor em mulheres de diferentes faixas et¨˘rias
%A Reis
%A J¨²lia Guimar£żes
%A Costa
%A Gustavo de Carvalho da
%A Trevisan
%A Deborah Colucci
%A Vasconcelos
%A Fernanda Moura
%A Matos
%A Mariana da Silva
%A Abreu
%A Daniela Cristina Carvalho de
%J Coluna/Columna
%D 2009
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
%R 10.1590/S1808-18512009000100006
%X objective: to demonstrate the use of the flexicurve method for evaluation and comparison of thoracic kyphosis in healthy women of different ages, and to observe if there is a correlation between degree of pain and thoracic kyphosis using the visual analog scale (vas). methods: the study was composed by a group of young g1 (n = 24) and another group g2 (n = 24) which were submitted for evaluation of thoracic curvature (using the flexicurve method) and back pain (using vas). results: found a statistically significant difference in the angle of thoracic kyphosis in group 2 compared to group 1 and a weak correlation between the angle of thoracic kyphosis and pain classification of the vas - in groups 1 and 2. conclusion: the group 1 showed a normal degree of thoracic curvature and the group and group 2 showed a exacerbated degree of thoracic kyphosis, characterizing themselves as hiperkyphosis. however, there was no correlation between degree of pain and thoracic kyphosis in both groups.
%K kyphosis
%K posture [physiology]
%K pain
%K evaluation [methods].
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1808-18512009000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en