1College of Physiotherapy, Neelachal Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
2College of Physiotherapy, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupathi, India
3School of Earth Ocean and Climate Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Online published on 30 June, 2016.
• To observe the postural variation in segments of the body.
To analyze the interrelationships among body segments
To educate students to maintain healthier posture.
Observational study is done with a sample size of 170 adolescent girls of age 18–20 years studying 1st-3rd year (students), bachelors of physiotherapy included in the study by convenient sampling from a physiotherapy college, Neelachal institute of medical sciences, Bhubaneswar, India using a posture grid and plumb line. The variation in each segment of the body from ideal posture and its interrelationships are obtained by computing mean absolute error and correlation coefficients and also student t-test is use to know the significance level.
The result shows greater incidence of significant postural asymmetries and existence of interrelationships between segments at 90% significance level.
Study reveals presence of postural variations mainly in neck, shoulder and upper back which leads to musculo-skeletal pains in adolescent girls and interrelationships signifies variation in one segment leads to strain in the related segment which causes permanent postural deviations.
Adolescent girls, postural evaluation, postural variations, segmental interrelations
