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Uluslararasi harran sağlik bilimleri Kongresi, 5 - 07 June 2020, pp.25-26
Abstract
Pectus exscavatum (PE) is the most common first chest wall deformity and a
cosmetic problem is generally reported as the reason for patients to apply to the clinic.
However, limited number of studies have been provided about patients' posture
disorders and their importance. Therefore, in our study, it is aimed to investigate the
relationship between posture disorders and clinical symptoms. The sociodemographic
and clinical symptoms of 346 PE patients (281 males, mean age ± standard error:
17.65 ± 5.24; body mass index: 16.08 ± 9.01), who applied to the Chest Wall
Deformities and Pectus Association, via interview. It was obtained. Afterwards,
posture evaluations by taking photos from the front / side / back; It was carried out
with the help of observational and New York posture evaluation questionnaire
(NPEQ). The SSPS21 program was used statistically and p <0.05 was considered
significant. The rate of patients having an additional clinical symptom apart from cosmetics was 36%, while the rate of patients with more than two parameters of
posture disorder was 80.7%. The rate of patients with at least one posture disorder
was 98%. No statistically significant relationship was found between the clinical
symptoms and posture disorders of the patients (p> 0.05) except for experiencing
shortness of breath during exercise (p <0.05). It was observed that PE patients had a
high rate of posture disorder and there was a relationship between these disorders and
symptom of shortness of breath during exercise. Therefore, we suggest that these
patients should be evaluated in terms of posture and included in rehabilitation
programs.
Keywords: Pektus ekscavatum, postur, klinik bulgu