Efeitos da Reeducação Postural Global (RPG) na melhora da postura em crianças em idade escolar: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Postural problems are responsible for pain and functional limitations in a large part of the adult population and can bring seriousconsequences, impairing the individual's quality of life such as tiredness, physical fatigue, and negative mood swings. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present work is to evaluate the importance of Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) techniques as a physical therapy practice applied to school-age students. METHODOLOGY:This is a bibliographic review of authors who have disserted on the proposed theme and related topics. For this, databases such as Scielo, Médice, Google Academic, Pubmed, PEDro and Lillacs were used, as well as online portals of renowned professionals in the field of physiotherapy. RESULTS: The research proved to be productive in the sense that it provided better knowledge about the importance of RPG techniques applied in physical therapy, as well as simple practices related to posture that can avoid future problems. CONCLUDING REMARKS: Regarding children and young people of school age, these practices refer mainly to the way they carry their backpacks and how they behave when sitting in the classroom. From this perspective, this paper aims to contribute to future research on the relevance of RPG.