Peculiarities of the definition of a posture violation among students of higher education institutions

Abstract

Relevance of research topic. One of the common abnormalities of the locomotory system that occurs in young people is posture breach. In most cases, postural abnormalities areacquired, therefore timely detection and correct correction of posture impairment are one of the significant issues of medicine and physical education. At the same time, at the initial stage of posture breach development, when there are unobtrusive violations, in order to detect the disease it is expedient to apply somatoscopy. Objectives of the paper. To analyse scientific and methodological literature on the problem of development of posture abnormalities in young people and conduct diagnostics of the state of the musculoskeletal system of the youth so that to detect posture violation. Methods of research. Thus, the assessment of posture was made visually, by measuring the sides of Mashkov rhombus and by the size of the shoulder index the level of development of declining posture was determined. Results. The research involved 22 young men aged 18-20 years. As a result of the study, it is found that 2 boys (10%) had no posture disturbances; in the majority of examinees the posture breach of various degreeswas detected. The asymmetric position of the shoulder girdle, shoulder blades, back stiffness and scoliosis are among the most common abnormalities in the posture that were observed in the examinees. Conclusions. The results obtained and the analysis of scientific literature testify to the fact that a significant part of youth has certain defects of posture that have developed in the process of studying. At the same time, a timely diagnosis and monitoring of the state of the musculoskeletal system makes itpossible to correct posture defects using special sets of physical exercises.