Abstract
At young ages the spinal column, which is the central support system of the human body, is susceptible to malformations, especially if the children are sitting in an incorrect position for long period. Our study examines the case of several elementary school students from a developed rural area. The aim of this study to analyze the impact of long sitting hours (5-6 hours) in incorrect position at on the normal standing up position at elementary school students. The study group for our study consisted of 80 elementary school students were recruited from a local rural elementary school. Each student was evaluated using a Kinect based system to determine their general standing up position. For 14 weeks, twice a week, each student has executed 5 type of Schroth exercises to improve their general body position. The first evaluation has shown that the students general standing up position is affected from the long sitting hours in the school benches. Most of them have shown misalignments at the shoulder and hip levels. In many cases one of the shoulders was higher than the other and the same is true for the hips as well. After 14 weeks of physiotherapy based on Schroth exercises the miss alignments were reduced to a bare minim. The results have shown that long sitting hours in incorrect positions can affect the spinal column and the standing up posture of the human body. In many cases malicious postures start to develop from childhood. If not treated they can transform in hyper-kyphotic and scoliotic postures which can induce other complications. If these malicious postures are observed in early stages of the children and with only 2 hours a week of physiotherapy based on Schroth exercise the postures can be corrected and the hyper-kyphotic and scoliotic postures can be avoided.
Highlights
The spinal column represents the axial support element of the human body
The spinal column in the human body has three important functional roles: -The protection of the spinal cord. This is achieved by the bone layer of the vertebral canal. This is formed by overlapping hollow interior structure of the vertebral bodies and spinal arches of the vertebrae. -The support of the upper body: In standing up position the spinal column has the function of supporting the head, trunk and upper limbs by channelling the whole weight of the upper body to the lower limbs
The spinal column can develop several type of abnormalities [4]: -Chondromas: These are benign cartilaginous tumors developed on congenital remains of the notochord [5]. -Spina bifida or posterior rachischisis is a malformation characterized by lack of spinal cord and incomplete closure of the neural tube in that region
Summary
The spinal column represents the axial support element of the human body. The spinal column is made up of bones called vertebrae. The spinal column in the human body has three important functional roles: -The protection of the spinal cord This is achieved by the bone layer of the vertebral canal. The accentuation of the anterior convexity of the cord is the characteristics of the hyper-lordosis These spinal pathological curvatures can be hereditary or developed over time. Evolutionary disease over time characterized by one or more lateral curvature of the spinal column These vertebral column curvatures are observable in the frontal plane, being associated with the rotation of the vertebrae. This pathology (scoliosis) has a major impact on the morphology and functionality of the human body. The Hueter-Volkmann principle points out that some compressive forces are involved in skeletal deformations, preventing it from increasing, and by reducing these forces an acceleration of skeletal growth occurs [13,14]
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