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Role of body mass category in the development of faulty postures in school-age children from a rural area in south-eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study
  1. Wojciech Rusek1,
  2. Justyna Leszczak2,
  3. Joanna Baran2,
  4. Marzena Adamczyk3,
  5. Aneta Weres2,
  6. Rafał Baran1,
  7. Grzegorz Inglot4,
  8. Ewelina Czenczek-Lewandowska2,
  9. Sławomir Porada5,
  10. Teresa Pop2
  1. 1 Rehabilitation Centre, REHAMED-CENTER, Tajęcina, Poland
  2. 2 Medical College, Institute of Health Science, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
  3. 3 RehaKlinika, Rzeszów, Poland
  4. 4 Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2, Rzeszów, Poland
  5. 5 Trzebownisko Commune Office, Trzebownisko, Poland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Justyna Leszczak; leszczakjustyna.ur{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Objective The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the incidence of abnormalities in selected parameters measured in the trunk area.

Design Cross-sectional studies.

Setting The research was conducted in a primary school in the Trzebownisko Municipality, a rural area in south-eastern Poland.

Participants A group of 464 children, ranging in age from 6 to 16 years (234 boys and 230 girls), was recruited to participate in the study.

Outcome measures The examination of their body postures was conducted with the use of the Zebris system. Body mass was determined using a body mass analyser Tanita MC-780 MA. BMI was calculated based on the acquired data.

Results It was noticed that the children with overweight and obesity tended to have an incorrect position of the shoulders and pelvis in comparison to children with normal body weight. It was found that greater body mass (higher BMI) coincided with a larger distance of the scapulae from the frontal plane (p=0.009).

Conclusions Increase in children’s BMI produces adverse effects in the position of the shoulder blades, reflected by their greater distance from the frontal plane. Increase in BMI is not significantly related to the position of the shoulder joints or pelvis; however, the subjects with overweight or obesity presented a greater difference in the position of the shoulder joints and pelvis.

  • posture
  • body mass index
  • child
  • rural population

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030610

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    • Contributors WR: conception and design, revising critically for intellectual content, final approval of the manuscript; JL: acquisition of data, drafting the article, final approval of the manuscript; JB: acquisition of data, revising critically for intellectual content, final approval of the manuscript; MA: analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article, final approval of the manuscript; AW: analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article, final approval of the manuscript; RB: acquisition of data, drafting the article, final approval of the manuscript; GI: acquisition of data, revising critically for intellectual content, final approval of the manuscript; EC-L: acquisition of data, revising critically for intellectual content, final approval of the manuscript; SP: acquisition of data, drafting the article, final approval of the manuscript and TP: conception and design, revising critically for intellectual content, final approval of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Ethics approval The study was accepted by the local Bioethical Commission on 28 June 2016 (consent no. 2016/06/28).

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.