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Objective: to check the effectiveness of the increase on sacroiliac joint mobility on the painful knee among university students. Method: This was an experimental study with 13 students, from 18 to 25 years, which were subjected to an application of muscle energy technique in the sacroiliac joint. The knee functioning was assessed using the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form (IKDC). To classify the functioning was applied the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health generic core set. As for pain assessment, it was used the visual analog scale (VAS). Results: in initial evaluation, the referred pain was 6.1±1.3. After intervention was observed significant difference (p=0,0009), and reported pain of 3.3±2.7. Conclusion: a muscle energy technique applied in sacroiliac joint can be used for reduction of unspecific painful symptomatology of knee joint.

Introduction: Musculoskeletal symptoms are affections, with or without tissue degeneration, that may present itself in many forms and be presented together with other multiple symptoms. Until the present moment its etiology is multifactorial and its pathological picture presents a great social relevance due to its coverage and magnitude. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in academics of full time (daytime) and part-time (nighttime) courses of UNICENTRO. Methods: 120 students of both courses participate in this study and in order to select the individuals there was utilize the method of proportional stratified sampling. Standardized Nordic questionnaires for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms and the Visual Analogic Scale (VAS) as a way of pain identification were used. Results: Through observation of the results obtained by the questionnaires it was noticed a high prevalence of the symptoms in the analyzed academics, being 49% from Biological Science course and 44.8% from Physiotherapy course, emphasizing the vertebral column, being lumbar (9.42%) in physiotherapy academics and thoracic region (9.14%) in Biological Science academics, it was also noticed a high involvement in multiple regions (53.9%). Besides that, it was observed trough VAS the presence of mild pain (3,78 ± 2,38). Conclusion: It has been concluded that the most involved region was vertebral column, specifically the lumbar and thoracic regions. In this way, assumed that a biomechanical overload is responsible for this finding. Thereby, preventive and ergonomic measures and health promotion must be stimulated between young students, however, for such a propose new studies are necessary.