Introduction and purpose: A proper body posture is very important. Children and adolescents are facing the dangers of mechanical life and sedentary lifestyle, which can cause deformities in the upper and lower limbs of these people. In the meantime, fun and effective game-based corrective exercises have been considered in correcting the deformities of these people. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to investigate the effect of game-based corrective exercises on the improvement of upper and lower limb deformities in children and adolescents.
Materials and methods: In this study, a comprehensive review related to the investigation of the effect of corrective games on the improvement of upper and lower limb deformities by searching in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases and using the keywords Corrective game, correction, game, play , adolescents, children, students, boys, girls, Deformity, upper limb, lower limb, genu varum OR genu valgum, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, upper crossed syndrome, lower crossed syndrome was conducted from 2010 to February 2024.After searching the mentioned databases, 110 articles were found regarding the effect of corrective games on upper and lower limb deformities, which 9 articles were qualified based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, full text and also removing duplicates.
Findings: According to the findings of the research, the most reports of upper limb deformities are related to hyperkyphosis, scoliosis, and upper crossed syndrome, which shows that game-based corrective exercises are effective on improving these deformities; Also, the most common deformities in the lower limbs are genu varum and flat feet, which corrective games can have an effect on correcting the stated deformities.
Conclusion: Considering that children and adolescents have not reached bone maturity and are in the growing age, checking and having a good posture is of particular importance, and in order to facilitate the corrective exercises with a psychological approach, corrective games have been suggested. It can be used as prevention or rehabilitation. It is suggested that trainers who are in contact with children and adolescents use game-based corrective exercises to correct the stated deformities.