To identify the most effective preventive physiotherapy treatments for back care in children and adolescents and to analyze the methodological quality of the articles.
A systematic review of controlled trials was conducted in the Cochrane, MEDLINE, PEDro, Web of Science and IME databases.
A total de 16 research papers that fulfilled the selection criteria were included, producing 19 independent studies.
The 19 studies analyzed included treatments with postural hygiene applied independently, combined treatments of postural hygiene and physical therapy exercises and postural hygiene and physical activity.
Treatment of hygiene postural is that used most frequently by the authors. Combined treatment of postural hygiene and physical therapy exercises is effective for the acquisition of knowledge and behaviors. The methodological quality of the studies is related to the effectiveness of the treatment.