PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST

Objective: The objective of the study was to find the prevalence of risk of kyphotic posture in Laptop user usingAcademicians using the Occiput Wall Distance Test. Methodology: An observationalstudy was conducted. The simple random technique was used to select 100 participants. A questionnaire was...

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Main Author: Ariba Sohail et al
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Language:English
Published: Baqai University Press 2024-09-01
Series:Baqai Journal of Health Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.baqai.edu.pk/index.php/CS/article/view/70
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description Objective: The objective of the study was to find the prevalence of risk of kyphotic posture in Laptop user usingAcademicians using the Occiput Wall Distance Test. Methodology: An observationalstudy was conducted. The simple random technique was used to select 100 participants. A questionnaire was used to collect demographic information of participants and Occiput Wall Distance was used to evaluate the severity of kyphoticKyphotic posture. Chi-square test was applied to analyzeanalyse the association between occiput wall test and age, gender, BMI and hours of laptop use. Results: The result showed the presence of kyphosis in academicians. Total laptop usersOut of were 100 participants in which 63 % of participants had mild kyphosis, 26 % of participants had moderate kyphosis and 11 % had severe kyphosis. There is wasno association betweenacademicians’ gender and hours of laptop use was found inOcciput Wall Distance testwhereas, there isa significant association was found between academicians’ age and BMIwith occiput wall distance test was observed. Background: There is a misconception about Kyphotic posture which concludes that it’sit’s probably being a gender biased phenomenon or depending depends upon the number of hours a person spendst on laptop, the greater the time, the more the chances of it. Whereas in actual, it is dependent upon the age and the actual BMI of an individual. Conclusion: The greater the age and BMI the greater the chances of Kyphotic posture, however one with growing age can certainly minimize the risk of Kyphotic posture by maintaining their BMI with the growing age as the old saying goes that obesity is the mother of all problems therefore one should definitely keep an eye on their BMI to overcome the risks of all the risks in life.
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PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
Baqai Journal of Health Sciences
title PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
title_full PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
title_fullStr PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
title_full_unstemmed PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
title_short PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST
title_sort prevalence of risk of kyphotic posture among laptop usersacademicians using occiput wall distance test
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