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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(06): 947-952
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756154
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Postural Hypervigilance and Perception of Correct Sitting Posture in Individuals With and Without Low Back Pain

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  • Eduardo Lima de Oliveira 

    1   Departamento de Fisioterapia, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

  • Paula Fernanda Ferreira Coutinho 

    1   Departamento de Fisioterapia, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

  • Uiara Martins Braga 

    2   Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

  • Leonardo Drumond Barsante 

    2   Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
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Abstract

Objectives To verify if there is a difference in postural hypervigilance in sitting in individuals with and without low back pain. Additionally, to observe whether there is a difference in the perception of correct sitting posture between individuals with low back pain and without low back pain.

Methods The present study has a cross-sectional observational design, as a sample size of 92 individuals, later divided equally into two groups (with low back pain and without low back pain). Two instruments were used: the hypervigilance scale to analyze the frequency that volunteers correct their sitting posture during the day, and posture scans to investigate the perception of volunteers about the correct sitting posture. The data were submitted to the Shapiro-Wilk Normality test. To compare the values of Hypervigilance Scale, the Mann-Whitney, Chi-Square, and Fisher Exact tests were used to assess correct sitting posture.

Results There was no significant difference between postural hypervigilance in sitting between individuals with low back pain and without low back pain. There was no significant difference between the choice of correct sitting posture between the group of individuals with and without low back pain.

Conclusion There is no difference between the choice of correct sitting posture and the amount of postural hypervigilance in individuals with or without low back pain.

Keywords

low back pain - hypervigilance - posture - sitting position - lordosis

This work was developed at the Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.


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Publication History

Received: 26 November 2021

Accepted: 14 June 2022

Article published online:
13 October 2022

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