Angle Position of Shoulder and Head in Sitting Position: Relationship with Pain

Abstract

Aims: The study aims to verify the relationship between the positioning of the shoulder and the cervical spine in sitting posture in university agents associating it with musculoskeletal pain. Methodology: To carry out this study, the evaluation of the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain using a recall record was used and the projection angle of the head and shoulder in the sitting position was quantified. The selected group is made up of university agents from UNICENTRO who agreed to participate in the research. Results: The results show the main change in the shoulder angle in men with pain in the left shoulder, the other measures do not show significant changes between people with and without pain. Conclusion: The values obtained for the angular variables (shoulder angle and head angle, measured with passive markers in the ear, cervical spine (C7) and acromion) evidenced in this study demonstrated that some university agents presented postural dysfunctions related to poor posture in their work environment in relation to the correct posture described in the literature.