Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Kyphosis is an acquired or congenital deformity of the spine. It is the object of study of many scholars and specialists in the field. The recovery of kyphosis depends on the correction of all deviations from the normal, namely the deformation of the physiological curves of the spine, the head and neck tilted forward, the shoulder blades apart and separated from the ribcage, the shoulders brought forward, the chest sunken or in flexion, a deviation of vertebrae. Physiotherapy is constantly coming up with new ideas, programs and protocols, addressed to people diagnosed with functional kyphosis. Specialists in the medical field are constantly looking for new possibilities for the diagnosis and treatment of functional kyphosis. The therapeutic activity is directed towards new ways of recovery in the field of rehabilitation and physical therapy, because it is a field of educational, social, professional activity that aims at the full restoration of the lost functional capacity. Based on the fact that, in recent years, these deviations from the normal are becoming very common in medical practice, it was decided for the need for a wider kinetotherapeutic approach to the investigated problem, in order to reduce it. Research objectives: - studying the specialized literature with reference to the types of kyphosis, the diagnostic and testing methods as well as the recovery of functional kyphosis; - identification of methods, procedures and techniques for the correction of functional kyphosis; - development and implementation of the Physical Exercise Program for the recovery of functional kyphosis in children and adolescents; Most of the time, the factors that cause kyphosis to appear are unknown. Among the factors we mention: genetic factors, metabolic factors, the defective balance system, constitutional asymmetries, the biomechanical factor. The triggering of the pathological mechanism depends on a series of causes, which can be sudden growth, incorrect posture, kyphotic attitude, the "coil" position of the child when sleeping - the muscles of the buttocks, the posterior part and the femurs are stretched, and the muscles of the anterior part of the femurs are contract and shorten. Starting from the objectives of this study, we carried out the research on a group of ten patients, which are children of different ages between 3 and 14 years old, who were diagnosed with functional kyphosis. We mention the fact that the children attended the physical therapy sessions individually, not in groups, and the results presented in the table and graphs represent a sum of them. At the initial and final stage, anthropometric measurements such as height, chest circumference, chest excursion and somatoscopic examination of the research subjects were made. The theoretical milestones presented above helped us to develop a program for the recovery of functional kyphosis in children and adolescents, which we implemented for 6 months at the Neokenetics Center in Chisinau. The program includes a set of exercises for the recovery of spine deficiencies in children and adolescents, which can be applied both within the Center and at home, under the supervision of parents. The kinetic program was based on active, passive mobilizations, dynamic, static and corrective exercises. Thus, according to the results presented, in all children the thoracic perimeter increased by one cm, which proves that the program proposed by us has a beneficial effect on children with kyphosis. To establish an appropriate program, we took into account the anamnesis of each child: medical antecedents - personal, physical, pathological, motor activities - sports, bicycle, rollerblades, habits, culinary preferences, the physically deficient, underweight has a reduced appetite and the necessary protein deficiency of good growth and harmonious development. This was due to the fact that the examined children continuously attended the physical therapy sessions and taking into account the fact that the patient is in the growth period, we managed in a relatively short time to tone the supporting muscles of the spine and correct the postural defects due to the effectiveness means, procedures and programs carried out. Conclusions: 1. Functional kyphosis is a condition that requires treatment as soon as possible for the prevention and prophylaxis of attitude deficiencies and the study of specialized literature identified a series of methods and means of correcting kyphosis that served as a theoretical basis in the development of the Recovery Program. 2. The recovery of functional kyphosis includes the correction of the vicious position, the realignment of the spine, the restoration of vertebral mobility, the toning of the paravertebral, abdominal, pectoral muscles, the emphasis being on the extensor muscles of the spine. 3. Physiotherapy is the most effective means in the recovery of functional kyphosis in children of prepubertal and pubertal age, demonstrated by the results obtained in the research.
DOI: 10.52449/soh23.65
Authors: Aurica Zavalisca, Iuliana Gheorghian
Institution: State University of Physical Education and Sport
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4411018093