{"id":4976,"date":"2020-06-16T13:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:58:31","slug":"posture-and-fitness-are-related-joanna-farmers-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/posture-and-fitness-are-related-joanna-farmers-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Posture and fitness are related: Joanna Farmer\u2019s research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.buttons-group {\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t\tflex-flow: row wrap;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group>div {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\talign-items: stretch;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-2>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 49%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-3>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33.3%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-4>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group .dc_btn {\n\n\t\t\t\tjustify-content: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\tflex-direction: initial;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 20% 10%;\n\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn {\n\t\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 10px 20px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 1rem 2rem;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #000;\n\t\t\t\ttext-decoration: none !important;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 2px 2px 0px 0px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-weight: normal !important;\n\t\t\t\t\/*display: flex;\n\t\t\t\talign-items: center;*\/\n\t\t\t\t\/*flex-direction: row-reverse;*\/\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: \"Open Sans\", Arial, sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\t\/**  Oswald,  *\/\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing: 0.6px;\n\t\t\t\t\/* text-transform: uppercase; 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display:block\"><a  style=\"  font-size:1.8rem; \" class=\"dc_btn blue  \" href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/dawson-community\/la-posture-et-la-forme-physique-sont-liees-la-recherche-de-joanna-farmer\/\"><span style=\"font-size:1.8rem;; padding: 0 10px; display:inline-block; vertical-align:top;\">Lire la version fran\u00e7aise<\/span><i style=\"padding:0 0 0 10px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa fa-file-text-o\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<p>During her career as a teacher of Physical Education, Dawson\u2019s Joanna Farmer has developed expertise in teaching posture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeaching posture became a specialty for me,\u201d said Joanna, who will be retiring in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>About six years ago, the Nursing Department requested that Joanna develop a course to help their students reduce the risk for back pain.\u00a0Joanna has been the only teacher to deliver this course.<\/p>\n<h2>Athletes have better posture<\/h2>\n<p>Joanna was aware that athletes in her class had good posture, better than most students.\u00a0 She began a research project to test the hypothesis that muscle development and body alignment are connected.<\/p>\n<p>During the Fall 2019 semester at Dawson College, 502 students voluntarily participated in Joanna\u2019s study on posture, fitness and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<h2>The main conclusions of the study are:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>most students have alignment deficits<\/li>\n<li>posture and fitness are codependent &#8211; students with good posture had better fitness results<\/li>\n<li>cell phone usage is creating a new techno-posture<\/li>\n<li>underweight, not overweight, is a significant deterrent to good posture.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Book project<\/h2>\n<p>The findings of the study will be incorporated into a book Joanna is developing on\u00a0Posture Education with the CCDMD (<em>Centre Coll\u00e9gial de D\u00e9veloppement de Mat\u00e9riel Didactique<\/em>). The timeline for publishing is about two years.<\/p>\n<p>Joanna\u2019s purpose in writing the book is to leave behind a quality manual for other teachers and to make the book available to teachers outside of Dawson.<\/p>\n<h2>Thank you\u2019s<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to many members of the Dawson community,\u201d Joanna said, adding, \u201cmy colleagues in Physical Education, members of the Office of Academic Development: Louise Paul, Rafael Scapin (who created the computer link for data collection) and Mary Jorgensen for data analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n        <style>\n            .highlight{ padding: 20px; padding-bottom: 12px; margin: 15px 0; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;}\n            .highlight.white{ background-color: #f8f8f8; border: 1px solid #d1d1d1; }\n            .highlight.blue{ background: #ADD2FF; background:rgba(173, 210, 255, 0.33);  }\n            .highlight.red{ background: #ff7979; }\n            .highlight.orange{ background: #F7A95C; }\n            .highlight.green{ background: #D3F5D6; }\n            .highlight.purple{ background: #CF9BFA; }\n            .highlight.yellow{ background:#fff6c0; }\n            .highlight.dark{ background: #333; color: #fff; }\n            .highlight.dark p, .highlight.dark a{ color: #fff; }\n            .highlight.grey{ background: #dfdfdf; }\n\n            .highlight h2:first-of-type,\n            .highlight h3:first-of-type{\n                margin-top: 0;\n            }\n\n\t\t\t.highlight li{\n\t\t\t\tlist-style: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\n\n\n\n            \/*\n\t\t\tblue #ddeafa\n\t\t\tred #ECAAC1\n\t\t\torange #FFC286\n\t\t\tgreen #84F08D\n\t\t\tpurple #CF9BFA\n\t\t\twhite #fff\n\t\t\tblack #333 ~ font #fff\n\t\t\t*\/\n\n        <\/style>\n\n\t\t<div style=\"position:relative; padding:40px 30px 25px 30px;\" class=\"highlight blue \"><span style=\"border-bottom-right-radius:10px; text-transform:uppercase; position:absolute; padding:5px 20px; padding-left:5px; background:#888; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.43); font-size:12px; color:#fff; left:0; top:0;\"><i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> Note<\/span>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Posture-Study-by-Joanna-Farmer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Posture in College Students<\/a>: a quantitative analysis of the relationships between body alignment, physical fitness and lifestyle habits. 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