Early and continuous prevention of function disorders and locomotor system deformations during the period of growth and development, Early intervention in special education and rehabilitation

Abstract

Systematic reviews indicate that deformities of the spinal column are one of the major problem of today’s children and a significant problem in the future since it’s increase from year to year. During the growth and development, the locomotor system is all the time under the influence of external and internal factors, and as such is subject to deformation. Heritage and bad habits of posture, the load caused by school bags, inadequate working environment, insufficient physical activity leads to disturbed statics of the spinal column, and results with the occurrence of kyphosis, scoliosis and lordosis. The problem of static disorder directly has the influence and makes disorders in dynamics. Physical exercise programs that include strength training and stretching, with the special emphasis on the load of anti-gravitational postural muscles, should help in the prevention of health problems that might arise. Of course, the maximum effect is achieved by activity throughout life. Complete control of procedures of the kinetic parameters has a very important role in the rehabilitation of children with irregular body posture, as well as in therapeutic methods in general. Measuring instruments which estimate anthropological and functional status of the individual belong to the principles of complete control, with the aim of improving diagnosis, monitoring and determining the effect of rehabilitation treatment. The subject of our work belongs to the field of biomedical research, and in the narrow sense it treats the issue of body deformities in children of preschool and school age, treatment of the same, and determination of the condition of postural disorders, i.e. status of the spinal column, as well as the possibility of developing and implementing the new program for correction, with a special emphasis on scoliosis. Theme of our work gives the opportunity of application of a new therapeutic programme “scolio-correct” to the correction of spinal deformity.