Abstract :
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. A human posture goes through a series of changes in the
course of body growth and development. Postural defects are very common among high school students. Posture screening during the schooling year’s helps to discover the spinal deviations, especially those related to the use of backpacks and poor sitting postures. At the later stage spinal deviations progress to spinal deformities. This study was aimed to detect the prevalence of posture alterations in high school students. We had screened 100 (35 male and 65 females) high school students. A survey questionnaire was administered to identify their posture awareness. Then they were screened for sagittal and frontal alignments using the plumb line test. The results revealed that 86% (n=86) high school students were responsive to the importance of posture and 70% (n=70) were aware about their own posture. From the posture screening, 20% (n=7) of male and 10.8% (n=7) female participants were identified as having faulty posture.
Author Name : Vinodh Kumar Ramalingam, Siew Keat Ma1 & S.Viswanath
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.571430
Keywords: Faulty Posture, High School, Plumb Line, Posture.
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