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Volume 2, Issue 2 (Winter 2013)
Abstract
Objective: The present study designed to investigate the incidence of spinal deviations among the female students resident in Ashrafi Esfahani dormitory, the university of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation sciences in 2011 and to determine its relation to low back pain and Body Mass Index (BMI). Materials & Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study 63 female students were randomly included. Before the main study, the reliability of measurements was evaluated. Following giving information about the study, data on background, Back problems and spinal deviations was collected through interviews, questionnaires and physical examination. Data Analyzed with SPSS software using the Pearson Chi-square test and Fisher Exact. Results: The reliability of results were acceptable. Most of quantitative data were consistent with a normal distribution. Out of 63 participants, 38.1% with scoliosis, 27% hyperlordosis and 30.2.% hypolordosis were determined. More than half (58.7 %) of students reported low back pain with severity of 2.19. The results of statistical analysis showed among the students with scoliosis, low back pain (LBP) were less common (27.70%) in comparison with those without scoliosis (72.29%) although this difference was not statistically significant. LBP were 37.83% among individuals with hyperlordosis, 21.63% among those with hypolordosis and 40.54% among those with normal lordosis, this difference was significant (p<0.05). Chi squere result revealed significat relation between LBP with lordosis among female students (p = 0.04) and lordosis with scoliosis (p =0.03), but no significant relation was seen between scoliosis with back pain (p = 0.08), and Body Mass Index (BMI) with scoliosis (p =0.68) and lordosis (12/0 p = 0.12). Conclusion: Among the study population, scoliosis was more prevalent than hyperlordosis and hyperlordosis was more common than hypolordosis. Considering lack of any relation between scoliosis and LBP, scoliosis can be developed without any back pain symptom. And also considering higher prevalence of hyperlordosis and its positive relation to LPB in comparison to hypolordosis, screening, prevention and treatment strategies to specially prevent and&or reduce scoliosis and hyperlordosis are emphasized. This study was confimatory to the relation between scoliosis and lordosis but not confirmatory to the relation betweed BMI with scoliosis and lordosis.
Zahra Ghorbanpoor, Zahra Mosallanezhad, Javad Minaee Javid, Aileen Talimkhani, Nazila Akbar Fahimi,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Summer 2017)
Abstract
Purpose: Considering the role of spine in protecting the body alignment and various body activities, this study aims to examine the relationship between the spine curvature disorders and resting habits among the students of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Methods: In this correlational study, a total of 108 students of Tehran University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, aged 18 to 29 years, were selected through simple random sampling method. Their curvatures of their spines were measured by scoliometer and a flexible ruler, and their resting habits were assessed through the Resting Habits questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by performing Kolmogorov-Smirnov, linear regression, Pearson, Spearman, Mann-Whitney, and Independent t statistical tests using SPSS.V22.
Results: There was no significant relationship between the resting habits of the study participants with their degrees of lordosis (P=0.858, r=0.574) and degree of scoliosis (P=0.603, r=0.857). However, there was a significant relationship between lordosis and gender (P<0.001) and age (P<0.022, r=0.22) in a way that the spine curvature disorders were more prevalent in girls and older students than boys and younger ones.
Conclusion: In this study, the resting habits were not identified as risk factor for abnormal spine curvatures in the younger ages. However, bad resting habits at older ages and in females can be risk factors for lordosis.
