The objective of this study aimed at verifying the Labor Gymnastic's (GL) effect on the low back pain and on postural habits of workers who stay for long periods in the sitting position. Thirty workers of both sex genders participated of the research; divided in two groups: control (n=15) and experimental (n=15), had GL sessions during three months. The instrument of evaluation consisted of a questionnaire about pain and posture, that the answers were codified and tabled as well as submitted to Wilcoxon test to verify differences between pre and post experiment in two groups. The results demonstrate that GL helped to diminish intensity and frequency of the referred pain in the workers from experimental group as well as changed their postural habit during the work.
Labor gymnastics; low back pain; posture; workers
