Integridad Esquelética (IE)

Abstract

This chapter addresses various characteristics from the perspective of normality or skeletal conditions that the individual presents at the time of evaluating bone integrity, applied from the different anatomical, physiological, pathophysiological and biomechanical bases in the individual's risk of presenting some alteration that compromises bone tissue throughout the human life cycle. For the purpose of the chapter, the approach to the skeletal integrity category promoted by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is oriented, considering some of the most used evaluation methods, tools and data collection tests available to the most widely used physiotherapist for evaluate the optimal alignment, density and solidity of the bone structures of the body from a functional approach, where the distinctive characteristics of bone mass are evaluated, measurement of lengths and anatomical references, analysis of diagnostic imaging techniques, providing very useful information in the intervention plan.