Knowledge and Practices of Back Care, Experience in Colombian Children

Abstract

Early back care has become the preventive strategy to mitigate bad postural habits and musculoskeletal alterations that trigger inadequate postural patterns in the body schema. The objective was to determine the knowledge and practice of back care in first-grade school children after applying an educational intervention for back care. Quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-tests in a sample of 71 first grade school students. Knowledge and practices for back care were evaluated before and after of the intervention. During 5 weeks, a program of education for back care was developed in the intervention group, formed by concepts about anatomy, physiology, alterations of the spine, adoption of appropriate postures and movements in school life and the execution of adequate movements learned. Simultaneously, physical exercises based on aerobic work, strengthening and stretching the back muscles were carried out with the children in the control group. A linear regression model and a two-level hierarchical model were applied to estimate the effect of the intervention. After the execution of the back care education program, a better score was found in the knowledge and practice questionnaire, which was different between the intervention group and the control group (1.72 95% CI 1.21-2.24). The development of an education program generated a change in the score of the questionnaire on knowledge of back care in the intervnetion group, which suggests the implementation of these strategies in the school context during early childhood, contributing to the prevention of back disorders and deficiencies

Main characteristics of preventive postural hygiene training programs in the educational field

“…-Anatomical and functional concepts of the back (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dullien et al, 2018;Dos-Santos et al, 2017). -Analysis of postures in classroom and daily life activities:…”

“…• Posture while sitting (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Blanco-Morales et al, 2020;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dullien et al, 2018). • Posture while writing while seated (Minghelli et al, 2021;Minghelli, 2020b;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dos-Santos et al, 2017).…”

“…• Posture while using the computer while seated (Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Blanco-Morales et al, 2020;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Sellschop et al, 2018;Dos-Santos et al, 2017). • Transport of the school bag (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Blanco-Morales et al, 2020;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Minghelli, 2020b;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dos-Santos et al, 2017). • Weight distribution inside the school bag (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Minghelli, 2020b;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019).…”

“…• Transport of the school bag (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Blanco-Morales et al, 2020;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Minghelli, 2020b;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dos-Santos et al, 2017). • Weight distribution inside the school bag (Minghelli et al, 2021;Mantilla et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Minghelli, 2020b;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019). • Maximum school bag weight (Minghelli et al, 2021;Serrano-Durá et al, 2021;Akbari-Chehrehbargh et al, 2020a;Minghelli, 2020b;Cabrera-González et al, 2020;Miñana-Signes et al, 2019;Dullien et al, 2018).…”

“…Given that postures performed during everyday life are modifiable elements of lifestyle, interventions can be used to improve the posture of children and adolescents (Mantilla et al, 2021).…”