Assessment of postural disorders

The aim of the work is to screen and evaluate postural disorders in young athletes practicing an asymmetrical sport according to a cross-sectional study carried out in the physical medicine and functional rehabilitation department of the military hospital of Tunis, during the month of January 2016. including 14 handball players who had a postural assessment on a WinPosture-type platform. The average age of our athletes was 21.92 years. 03 players presented clinical symptoms resulting in back pain. On the morphostatic examination, 06 athletes had an asymmetry of spinal statics. A scoliotic attitude was found in 04 athletes and true scoliosis in 02 athletes. Classical podoscopy showed foot impression disorders in 7 cases with hollow feet in 4 cases and flat feet in 3 cases. The instrumental evaluation of balance on the Winposture platform showed a static lowered S surface when closing the eyes in 06 handball players. A retropulsion of the center of pressure and a lateralization to the left in the majority of handball players.