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Women with hypertrophic breasts often experience body pain and posture problems, which tend to be reduced or even eliminated after reduction mammoplasty. The present study aimed to analyze the effects of reduction mammoplasty on anthropometric variables, body posture and pain in women with breast hypertrophy. Eleven women (mean [± SD] age 31.3±10.4 years) participated in the present study. Anthropometric variables, body posture and pain perception were evaluated pretest, and 60 (post60) and 90 (post90) days after reduction mammoplasty. Commercially available posture analysis software was used to analyze the following variables: acromial horizontal alignment (AHA), angle between acromial and anterior superior iliac spines (A-AAIS), vertical alignment of right (R) and left (L) trunk (VAT), vertical alignment of R and L body (VAB) and horizontal alignment of R and L pelvis (HAP). Descriptive statistics and ANOVA for repeated measures were used, and effect sizes (ES) were measured; the level of significance was set at P<0.05. There were no significant differences in anthropometric variables among the assessments. Only HAP-R showed a significant decrease; however, when analyzed, ES, VAT- L and HAP- L in post60, and VAT-R, VAT-L, HAP-R, HAP-L and VAB-L in post90 showed large ES after mammoplasty (ES>0.70). There were significant reductions in pain at post60 and post90 in the neck, cervical spine, back, shoulder and arm (P<0.05). Following mammoplasty, an improvement in body posture, primarily in the alignment of shoulders, trunk and pelvis, and a decrease in pain in the upper limbs and spine, were observed.

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O objetivo deste artigo foi analisar as dissertações da área de “Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física da UFSC. Foi realizada uma pesquisa do tipo estudo de caso, por meio da análise documental de 33 dissertações defendidas entre 2007 e 2011. As temáticas verificadas perpassaram pela validação de testes, indicadores antropométricos, análise do movimento humano, índices fisiológicos e neuromusculares associados ao rendimento esportivo, até mecanismos de lesão decorrentes desta prática. Os métodos de medição mais comumente utilizados foram antropometria, dinamometria, cinemetria, ergoespirometria e lactimetria. Observou-se que 60,6% das dissertações resultaram em 36 artigos científicos, publicados, principalmente, em periódicos classificados nos estratos intermediários do Qualis da Área 21 CAPES. A maior taxa média de publicação (TMP) foi verificada em 2010 (TMP=1,75), havendo grande oscilação no período analisado. Conclui-se que as dissertações defendidas têm atendido, em parte, as demandas das linhas de pesquisa da área, resultando também em boa produção intelectual.

-Whole-body vibration training on vibrating platforms is widely used for physical exercise, health promotion and physical rehabilitation. The position on the platform is one of the factors responsible for the transmission of vibrations to the body segments of individuals. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of vibrations transmitted to the body segments of adults between two body positions and different vibration intensities. Twenty intentionally selected subjects (10 men and 10 women), with a mean age of 27.8 ± 2.9 years, participated in the study. The data were acquired with a triaxial accelerometer attached to the subject's body using a vibrating platform at frequencies of 20, 35, 50, and 70 Hz and displacement amplitudes of 2.0 and 6.0 mm in the extended and flexed positions. Descriptive and inferential statistics was applied (p ≤ 0.05). Significant differences in the vibration magnitude and transmissibility were observed between body positions at all intensities analyzed, with greater attenuation of vibrations in the flexed position, especially during passage of the vibratory stimulus through the lower limbs. It was concluded that the body position adopted by the subjects on the vibrating platform directly affects the transmission of vibration. The flexed position was found to be the most suitable for the application of this training method by ensuring better body stability on the platform and promoting more effective attenuation of vibrations, thus preventing the occurrence of unintended acceleration in the head. Key words: Accelerometry; Transmissibility; Vibration. Resumo -O treinamento vibratório de corpo inteiro sobre plataformas vibratórias tem sido muito difundido nos contextos do treinamento físico, promoção da saúde e reabilitação física, sendo o posicionamento sobre a plataforma um dos fatores responsáveis pela transmissão das vibrações às estruturas corporais dos indivíduos. Desta forma, o objetivo geral deste estudo foi comparar as características das vibrações transmitidas às estruturas corporais de adultos em