Ariba Sohail, Mahwish Shamim.
Prevalence of Risk of Kyphotic Posture among Laptop Users Academicians Using Occiput Wall Distance Test.
Baqai J Health Sci Jan ;23(1):49-54.

Objective: The objective of the study was to find the prevalence of risk of kyphotic posture in Laptop user using Academicians using the Occiput Wall Distance Test. Methodology: An observational study 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 kyphotic Kyphotic posture. Chi-square test was applied to analyze analyse 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 users out 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 was no association between academicians gender and hours of laptop use was found in Occiput Wall Distance test whereas, there is a significant association was found between academicians` age and BMI with occiput wall distance test was observed. Background: There is a misconception about Kyphotic posture which concludes that it it`s probably being a gender biased phenomenon or depending depends upon the number of hours a person spends 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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