Assessment of healthy male children chest mobility by measuring the thoracic perimeter

Authors

  • Karen Muriel Simon Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Marta Fioravante Carpes Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Beatriz Vidotto Imhof Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Daniel Benedet Juk Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Gisele Cristina Souza Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Giselle Fernanda Quintino Beckert Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Lilian Cristina Cruz Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Mariane Bernardes Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Rodrigo Vielmo Brocca Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/fpusp.v13i2.76192

Keywords:

thorax / growth and development, thorax perimeter / measures.

Abstract

The growing child shows changes in thoracic expandability. This study aimed at verifying thoracic mobility in healthy male children (7 to 11 years old). Ninety-one children from a private school in Itajaí (SC, BRA) were appraised as to thoracic expandability by correlating thoracic mobility to age and height. While individuals remained sitting, thoracic perimeter was measured with a metric tape at axillary, xiphoid, basal and umbilical levels. Mean differences between maximum inspiration and expiration at the measured levels were: axillary, 5.06±1.73 cm; xiphoid, 4.93±1.80 cm; basal, 3.83±1.60 cm; and umbilical, 3.61±1.78 cm. Simple correlation
coefficients were calculated for these means against height and age, and showed thoracic mobility to change according to child development. Height is what most interferes in thoracic mobility. Though scarce, available literature found similar values for thoracic mobility among children of similar age. However, this very scarcity prevents establishing normal values for 7-to-11 year olds thoracic mobility.

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Author Biographies

  • Karen Muriel Simon, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Fisioterapeuta; Especialista em Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratória; Professora da Univali (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC).
  • Marta Fioravante Carpes, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Fisioterapeuta; Especialista em Fisioterapia Cardiorrespiratória; Professora da Univali (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC).
  • Beatriz Vidotto Imhof, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduanda em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Daniel Benedet Juk, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduando em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Gisele Cristina Souza, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduanda em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Giselle Fernanda Quintino Beckert, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduanda em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Lilian Cristina Cruz, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduanda em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Mariane Bernardes, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduanda em Fisioterapia na Univali.
  • Rodrigo Vielmo Brocca, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Graduando em Fisioterapia na Univali.

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Published

2006-08-31

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Original Research

How to Cite

Assessment of healthy male children chest mobility by measuring the thoracic perimeter. (2006). Fisioterapia E Pesquisa, 13(2), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1590/fpusp.v13i2.76192