A Comparative Study of Postural Deformities of School Girls of Rural and Urban Area of Punjab

Vol-5 | Issue-04 | April-2018 | Published Online: 05 April 2018    PDF ( 254 KB )
Author(s)
Dr. Surinder Kaur 1

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda

Abstract

The human body is a single structure but it is made up of billions of smaller structures. Human beings are arguably the most complex organisms on this planet. Imagine billions of microscopic parts, each with its own identity, working together in an organized manner for the benefit of the total being.
In human being normally two types of Posture one of correct Posture and the other of incorrect Posture. When the human beings are habitual of bad posture position then the people suffered from many postural deformities e.g. Kyhposis, lord sis, scoliosis knock knee, bow legs, etc. So the researcher has selected this type of study .The subject was an comparative study of postural deformities in school children of rural & urban area in Punjab, For this study 200 school children (100 girls rural & 100 girls urban) of Punjab have been observed .The age group of school children is 10-18years .The main objective this study is find out the ratio of the school children who have suffered from postural deformities .The posture grid chart has been used for data collection on the subject and data have been analytical (percentage method ). After that the researcher has found that knock knee postural deformities are very high and flat foot posture deformities is very low in rural area of Punjab.

Keywords
Kyhposis, Lord Sis, Scoliosis, Knock knee, Bow leg, Deformities
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