Cardiovascular responses during postural reeducation postures in young adults

Postural changes drive away workers, generate public spending and require treatments. The most usual postural treatment is Postural Reeducation (PR), with static stretching and isometric contraction, which can increase heart rate (HR) and respiratory (R), blood pressure (BP) and bring risks. In order to investigate cardiovascular responses during postural reeducation postures in young adults, this study aimed to verify cardiovascular responses related to systolic blood pressure (SBP), blood pressure diastolic (DBP), heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) during PR postures. After approval by the Ethics and Research Committee in Human Beings (0091/2010) cardiovascular responses were verified during PR postures in 12 volunteers (5 control group and 7 treated group) sedentary. The mean age was 20 ± 2 years and 83% (10) were women. They presented low weight 8%, normal weight 67% and pre obesity 25%. They performed 5 PR postures randomized, repeating the posture 2 sessions/ weekly, totaling 10 sessions. The control group did passively (no isometric contraction, breath control, and self-growth). BP, HR, and RR were measured at the beginning of the session and end of postures (20’ each). Student T-Test with p<0.05 was used. There were increases in vital data to maintain postures and postural changes (p<0.05). Only in systolic blood pressure in the middle of the session (treated group), and final diastolic blood pressure (control group) falls or maintenance (p<0.05) were observed. In view of the detected changes, it is recommended to monitor vital data during therapies with postural changes followed by postural maintenance.