Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 233-236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221130
Correlation Between Level of Physical Activity and Thoracic Spine Mobility Among Sedentary Young Individuals
Dr. Jahanvi Shah1, Dr. T. Kanna Amarnath2
1,2Department of physiotherapy, Ahmedabad Institute of Medical Sciences College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Jahanvi Shah
ABSTRACT
Background: Sedentary lifestyle is an undesirable characteristic of modern society, affecting significant proportion of population. Technological advances, societal influences and environmental attributes have significantly influenced the way we spend our leisure work and travel time and how we live our lives at home and in our communities, resulting in substantial proportions of the day spent in sedentary pursuits or sitting.
Need of the study: Due to prolonged sitting it is reasonable to suppose that sedentary behavior may induce musculoskeletal changes within relatively stiff thoracic spine contributing towards dysfunction in adjacent spinal regions. Despite the fact that the effects of prolonged sitting and physical activity on thoracic spine mobility have not been widely investigated, so here arises the need of this study is to evaluate the level of physical activity and thoracic spine mobility among sedentary young individuals.
Methodology: Physical activity and sitting time measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire short form. Universal Goniometer is used to measure thoracic spine mobility (Age 18-30).
Result: The correction coefficient “r” is found to be 0.392 on right thoracic spine rotation and 0.365 on left thoracic spine rotation with (p<0.05) indicating highly significant correlation between physical activity and thoracic spine mobility on both sides.
Conclusion: This study indicates that sedentary behaviors with light intensity of physical activity have reduced thoracic spine mobility.
Key words: Thoracic Spine Mobility, Physical activity, Sedentary behaviour, Young individuals.