Effects of a Two-School-Year Multifactorial Back Education Program in Elementary Schoolchildren

Geldhof, Elisabeth; Cardon, Greet; Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De; Clercq, Dirk De

doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000228722.12968.d2

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“…Considering a last limitation, the possible influence of confounding factors unrelated to the back posture intervention was carefully controlled during the 2-year interval of back posture education in elementary schoolchildren [13]. In the present evaluation at secondary school age, possible interfering factors related to the intervention program were not controlled.…”

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“…Additionally, self-reported postural behavior in youngsters' daily activities was investigated in relation to a biomechanical favorable postural lifestyle (removed sentence). Based on our previous study [13], immediate intervention effects of multi-factorial school-based back posture program included improved general and specific back posture knowledge. The current study demonstrated for the 2 years following after completion of the back posture program an increase of back posture knowledge in both conditions, but at a higher level for the children who had received the back posture program.…”

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“…The intervention to promote good body mechanics in elementary schoolchildren was a multi-factorial back posture program with involvement of the class teacher during two school-years, as described in a previous study [13]. The basic program consisted of six back education lessons at 1-week interval, taught by a physical therapist to one class group at a time.…”

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“…In a previous study [13] the intervention effects of the latter 2-school-year multi-factorial back education program on school-related correlates were investigated in 9-to 12-year-old schoolchildren. The study findings indicated that the intervention resulted in increased back posture knowledge, improved postural behavior during material handling and while sitting during lesson time.…”

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Back posture education in elementary schoolchildren: a 2-year follow-up study

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Within the scope of primary prevention regarding back functioning in children, research on the stability of intervention effects is indispensable. Along this line, the transition from childhood to adolescence is an important phase to evaluate the potential stability of intervention effects because of the typically mechanical and psychological demands related to adolescence. The main aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of a back education program at 2-year follow-up, in youngsters aged 13-14 years, on back posture knowledge, fear-avoidance beliefs and self-reported pain. An additional purpose was to evaluate which aspects of postural behavior were integrated in youngsters' lifestyles. At 2-year followup, the study sample included 94 secondary schoolchildren in the intervention group (mean age 13.3 ± 0.8 years) and 101 controls (mean age 13.2 ± 0.7 years). The back posture program that had been implemented for two school years consisted of back education and the stimulation of postural dynamism in the class through support and environmental changes. A questionnaire was completed comparable to the pretest, posttest and follow-up evaluations. The current study demonstrated at 2-year follow-up stability of the improved general (F = 1.590, ns) and specific (F = 0.049, ns) back posture knowledge in children who had received early back posture education. Back posture education did not result in increased fearavoidance beliefs (F = 1.163, ns) or mounting back and/or neck pain reports (F = 0.001, ns). Based on selfreports for postural behavior, youngsters who had received the back posture program in the elementary school curriculum integrated crucial sitting and lifting principles conform to biomechanical favorable postural behavior. The steady intervention effects 2-year postintervention demonstrated that intensive back posture education through the elementary school curriculum is effective till adolescence. Future research on the impact of early school-based back posture promotion in relation to the integration of back posture principles according to a biomechanical favorable lifestyle and back pain prevalence later in life is essential.

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“…However, due to financial issues, only a few schools have the opportunity to buy such ergonomic furniture. Therefore several authors (Fedewa and Erwin, 2011;Frères and Mairlot, 2002;Wu et al, 1998) have simply suggested adding a triangular pelvic support on the chair to facilitate the opening of the trunk-thighs angle and consequently the anterior tilt of the pelvis and the physiological curves of the spine. Others authors have also recommended the use of a disc inflated with air to increase dynamism in SP (Erwin et al, 2016;Fedewa and Erwin, 2011;Gregory et al, 2006).…”

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