Study of Orthopedic Deformities in Girls and Boys Receiving the “Educate your Child” Program in the Community of the Municipality of Florida, Province of Camagüey, Cuba

Irma de las Mercedes Muñoz Aguilar*¹, Rafael Lázaro Tamarit Medrano¹ and Nila Guzmán Ruiz²

Received:March 05, 2019;   Published:March 26, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/OSMOAJ.2019.02.000147

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Abstract

This article reports a study carried out with a population of 15 children aged between 4 and 5 years, who receive the “Educate your child” program, in the Community of the Municipality of Florida, province of Camagüey, Cuba, for the determination of the orthopedic deformities that they present; the results corroborate the presence of orthopedic deformities such as: flat feet of physiological character, knees valgas, increase dorsal kyphosis and lumbar lordosis, as well as scoliotic attitudes, all of them susceptible to be corrected by the systematic application of activities in the context of the motor dimension of this program.

Keywords: Posture; Preschool Age; Orthopedic Deformities; “Educate Your Child” Program

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