Influence of the functional intervention on the development of essential social skills in children with life-limiting conditions.

Life-limiting conditions often cause children to be overlooked as participants in everyday activities. For parents child development should lead to independence in daily living activity. For parents of children who are disabled, independence is a step to a better quality of a child's life.

Examining relationships of the anterior pelvic tilt angle with the anterior-posterior curvatures and elongation of the spine.

Purpose: A pelvic tilt may lead to body posture disturbances. The aim of the study was to determine relationships between the anterior pelvic tilt angle and the curvature and mobility of lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis.

Methods: The angles of anterior pelvic tilt, lumbar lordosis, thoracic kyphosis and spinal elongation were measured with the use of Posturometr-S device.

Static and dynamic plantar pressure distribution in amateur marathon runners.

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the static and dynamic plantar pressure profiles of amateur marathon runners with sedentary cohorts.

Research Questions: Are there differences in the plantar pressures of these two populations? Is there a correlation between body mass and BMI with plantar loading?

Methods: The study involved 43 runners involved in marathon training and 30 age-matched untrained individuals. Plantar pressure was measured using a baropodometric system.

Spinal range of motion and plantar pressure in sport climbers.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the range of motion (ROM) of lumbar and thoracic articulations and static and dynamic plantar pressure in sport climbing athletes.

Methods: The sample included 30 sport climbers with a minimum of 2 years training experience and 30 physical education students who served as an active untrained control. ROM was assessed by a Saunders digital inclinometer and plantar pressure by a baropodometric platform.

Analysis of the Structure of the Torso in the Frontal Plane in Girls with Rett Syndrome Taking into Account Their Functional Status.

Background: Rett syndrome is a rare developmental disorder with a genetic background, and scoliosis is one of its many complications. The aim of the present study was to assess the structure of the torso in the frontal plane in RTT. It was assumed that asymmetry of the structure of the torso in the frontal plane would be smaller in girls who are able to maintain a vertical body position.

Influence of neurophysiological hippotherapy on the transference of the centre of gravity among children with cerebral palsy.

Background: The aim of the study was to present the influence of neurophysiological hippotherapy on the transference of the centre of gravity (COG) among children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Material And Methods: The study involved 19 children aged 4-13 years suffering from CP who demonstrated an asymmetric (A/P) model of compensation. Body balance was studied with the Cosmogamma Balance Platform.

Anterioposterior spinal curvatures and magnitude of asymmetry in the trunk in musicians playing the violin compared with nonmusicians.

Objective: Playing an instrument often requires a certain posture and asymmetric position that may affect the anteroposterior spinal curvatures and may lead to postural asymmetry. The aim of the study was to evaluate the spinal curvatures in the sagittal plane and the magnitude of asymmetries in the trunk in the frontal plane in a group of music students in comparison with a control group.

Methods: The group of 67 students aged 20 to 26 years was made up of 2 subgroups: the musicians (violin playing students of the Academy of Music in Wroclaw) and the control group (physical therapy students who played no instruments).

[Validation of the questionnaire for adolescents concerning ailments of lumbosacral region. Part III: validity].

The third part of the series of articles includes the results of validity and coherence check conducted over the LBP questionnaire designed for pupils aged 13-18. 22 adolescents aged 13-17 were randomly chosen from the group of 124 pupils, who filled in the questionnaire using stratification to 3 groups: without LBP, LBP in a life time, but not in the week preceding the testing and LBP in the preceding week. The validity of questions was tested by comparison to the data obtained from parents and in clinical testing conducted by a physiotherapist, which took place within two weeks from the first questionnaire session.

[Validation of the questionnaire for adolescents concerning ailments of lumbosacral region. Part II: reliability of questions about risk factors].

The second part of the series of articles presents the reliability testing results of questions concerning factors that could influence or originate the symptoms of low back pain (LBP). The questions are a part of the questionnaire designed for pupils aged 13-18. 124 persons aged 13-17 were tested.

[Validation of the questionnaire for adolescents concerning ailments of lumbosacral region. Part I: reliability of questions about presence and character of pain].

The first part of the series of articles is dedicated to the process and the results of reliability testing of the questionnaire designed for pupils aged 13-18, the tested questions concerning ailments of the lumbosacral region (LBP) and their characteristics. 124 persons aged 13-17 took part in the research. The "test-retest" method was used, the questionannaires being filled in twice by every pupil in no more than 7-day period.

Analysis of three-dimensional motion of the glenohumeral joint in impingement syndrome.

Introduction: Impingement syndrome (IS) is one of the most common causes of progressive dysfunctions of the shoulder joint. The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes in the joint's mobility in patients with IS and to find correlations between the angular values of particular motion ranges.

Material And Method: The study involved 58 people aged 24-85 years, treated for IS from 2004 to 2006.

Principles of physiotherapeutic management of shoulder impingement syndrome.

Background: The study aimed to assess changes in shoulder joint mobility and symmetry as well as changes in the bioelectrical activity of selected muscles important for the functioning of the shoulder complex in order to determine optimal physiotherapeutic management in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.

Material And Method: The study involved 58 persons aged 24-85 years treated for shoulder impingement syndrome from 2004 to 2006. Symptoms had been present for 40 months on average.

Posture in people with shoulder impingement syndrome.

Background: The posture of people with shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is a result of adaptive defensive posturing to decrease the intensity of pain in the affected joint. The aim of this work is to characterise trunk and shoulder girdle positioning in patients with SIS.

Material And Method: The study involved 58 patients treated for SIS in the years 2004-2006.

Pseudoradicular symptoms in patients exhibiting the lumbar spinal disc disease.

Introduction: The goal is to describe occurrences of functional motion system disorders in patients who exhibit the lumbar spinal disc disease. It is assumed that the lower back pain- radicular and pseudoradicular is caused by the lumbar spinal disc disease.

Material And Methods: Studies were performed in 19 patients who exhibited MRI determined hernia disc in the lumbar spine.

Mobility of cervical spine and postural equilibrium in patients with spinal overload syndrome.

Background: The spinal overload syndrome develops as a result of the gradual wearing away of the structural elements of the spine due to loads exceeding their endurance strength in the setting of reduced adaptability. The aim of the investigation was to study the limitation of mobility in the cervical spine and determine the effect of the spinal overload syndrome on postural equilibrium.

Material And Methods: The study enrolled 27 patients with signs of overload of the cervical spine.