Abstract
Intervention using global postural reeducation method in patients with musculoskeletal diseases: systematic review
Highlights
Stretching represent a therapeutic modality used in physical stress conditions, such as sport performance and musculoskeletal disorders
According to the best evidence synthesis, there is moderate evidence that Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) is efficacious for musculoskeletal disorders when compared with other treatment options
GPR method has shown benefits, but these depend on the pathology and symptoms being treated
Summary
Stretching represent a therapeutic modality used in physical stress conditions, such as sport performance and musculoskeletal disorders. Among them Global Postural Reeducation emerges as an integral, full-body approach. Musculoskeletal disorders comprise a wide range of injuries affecting muscles, tendons, nerves or joints, which may be present at any body region. Local pain is often the most common symptom and the easiest to identify in these disorders [1]. Research has proven that maintaining flexibility decreases the incidence of these soft tissue injuries and reduces myofascial pain [2,3]. Flexibility is defined as the range of motion that can be obtained in a given joint and loss of flexibility, as a decrease in the ability of a muscle to be deformed [4]. Muscle shortening may result from various factors, such as incorrect postural alignment, muscle inactivity, atrophy, and aging [5]
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