Background: Excess weight puts a strain on every part of your body. Foot problems in obese adults are most important. The position and function of the foot and ankle affect the stresses transmitted to the knee. Purpose: To measure and to find correlation between leg-heel alignment, tibial torsion and Q angle in normal, overweight and obese individuals. Materials and Methods: 60 normal, overweight and obese subjects were include with mean age 30.6±5.98, 30.9±5.98 and 29.6±4.87 respectively, with each group 20 subjects. Normal subjects with BMI prime between 0.74 to 1.0 were group A, overweight subjects with BMI prime 1.0 to 1.2 were group B and obese subjects with BMI >1.2 were group C. Of each subject leg-heel alignment, tibial torsion and Q angle will be measured using measuring tape, plumb line and goniometer and correlation is studied. Results: Q angle, tibial torsion and leg-heel alignment were statistically analysed amongst normal, overweight and obese using ANOVA and comparison between 2 groups with ANCOVA. Mean Q angle, tibial torsion and leg heel alignment in normal right leg were 17.
Background: Non-specific low back pain is prevalent in 23% with an incidence of 11-22% of general population. A modified lumbar SNAG is an existing Mulligan mobilization technique performed with a combination of joint glide and physiological spinal movement i.e. the lion exercise. Objective: To find out the immediate effect of modified lumbar SNAG on pain, range of motion and Back performance Scale in non-specific chronic low back patients. Methods: 30 subjects (mean age=36.9±10.07) were recruited for study. All patients received modified SNAG mobilization at the respective painful site followed by conventional therapy on the 1 st day. The outcome measures were assessed pre and post mobilization. The subjects were further treated with conventional therapy for 10 sessions. Outcome measures: Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Lumbar flexion ROM & Back performance scale. Results: Mean difference between pre and post treatment values for VAS, Lumbar flexion ROM and Back Performance Scale were 2.58±1.44, 0.26±0.19 and 4.4±1.71 respectively. All outcome measures were highly significant with p=0.0001. Conclusion: The results conclude that modified lumbar SNAG has an immediate effect on reducing pain and Back performance scale score and an improvement in lumbar flexion ROM.
Background: The ankle and foot complex play a critical role in maintaining erect posture, as also in adaptation to supporting surfaces, The Foot Posture Index (FPI), which was developed by Redmond AC in 1998. FPI provides quantitative measurements of the typical deviations of foot posture and is sensitive enough to detect any structural dysfunction in the foot. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in meters. Commonly accepted BMI ranges are underweight: under 18.5, normal weight: 18.5 to 25, overweight: 25 to30, obese: over 30. Purpose: To find the effect of foot posture index associated with body mass index and standing balance in healthy population Materials and Methods: An observational study with 30 participants age between 18 to 30 were recruited in the study, where body mass index, foot posture index and standing balance was noted using the balance master. Results: The study revealed that no statistically significant difference between the foot posture index, body mass index and standing balance Conclusion: There is no effect of foot posture index associated with body mass index and standing balance in healthy population .
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