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Posture and Health: Are the Biomechanical Postural Evaluation and the Postural Evaluation Questionnaire Comparable to and Predictive of the Digitized Biometrics Examination?

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  • Giovanni Barassi

    (Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Reeducation Training Center (CeFiRR), Venue Gabriele d’Annunzio, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Edoardo Di Simone

    (Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Reeducation Training Center (CeFiRR), Venue Gabriele d’Annunzio, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Piero Galasso

    (San Raffaele University, 00166 Rome, Italy)

  • Salvatore Cristiani

    (Local Health Company RM2, 00159 Rome, Italy)

  • Marco Supplizi

    (Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Reeducation Training Center (CeFiRR), Venue Gabriele d’Annunzio, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Leonidas Kontochristos

    (Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Reeducation Training Center (CeFiRR), Venue Gabriele d’Annunzio, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Simona Colarusso

    (Communication, Research, Innovation, Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Christian Pasquale Visciano

    (Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Reeducation Training Center (CeFiRR), Venue Gabriele d’Annunzio, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Pietro Marano

    (Department of Neuro-Rehabilitation, Madonna del Rosario Clinic, 95125 Catania, Italy)

  • Di Iulio Antonella

    (U.O.C. Thoracic Surgery, Santo Spirito Hospital Pescara, ASL Pescara, 65124 Pescara, Italy)

  • Orazio Giancola

    (Department of Social and Economic Sciences, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Background: Postural tone alterations are expressions of myofascial and, therefore, of structural, visceral, and emotional disorders. To prevent these disorders, this study proposes a quantitative investigation method which administers a postural evaluation questionnaire and a postural biomechanical evaluation to 100 healthy subjects. Methods: The reliability of the method is studied by comparing both assessments with digitized biometrics. In addition, 50 subjects undergo the biomechanical evaluation form twice, by four different operators, to study the intraoperative repeatability. Results: The results show a satisfactory overlap between the results obtained with the postural evaluation questionnaire and the postural biomechanical evaluation compared to computerized biometrics. Furthermore, intraoperative repeatability in the use of the biomechanical evaluation form is demonstrated thanks to a minimal margin of error. Conclusions: This experience suggests the importance of undertaking this path in both the curative and the preventive sphere on a large scale and on different types of people who easily, and even unknowingly, may face dysfunctional syndromes, not only structural and myofascial but also consequently of the entire body’s homeostasis.

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  • Giovanni Barassi & Edoardo Di Simone & Piero Galasso & Salvatore Cristiani & Marco Supplizi & Leonidas Kontochristos & Simona Colarusso & Christian Pasquale Visciano & Pietro Marano & Di Iulio Antonel, 2021. "Posture and Health: Are the Biomechanical Postural Evaluation and the Postural Evaluation Questionnaire Comparable to and Predictive of the Digitized Biometrics Examination?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-9, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:7:p:3507-:d:525593
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