Aim: To determine the prevalence of shoulder pain carrying heavy bags in female students Methodology: This was across-sectional study and data were collected through a convenient sampling technique. Data collected from theuniversity female students of sind. A visual analog scale was used to assess the intensity of pain, and To assess the burden of shoulder pain, data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed through SPSS Version 22. Results: Results indicate thatthe meanage±SDof participants were 22.8±1.99, mean height±SD were 61.10±3.7 in inches, mean weight±SD were 54.9±3.4kg. The result of this study shows that majority of students are experiencing shoulder pain by carrying uncomfortable bags in routine life. About 38.3% of messenger bags are comfortable to carry. The majority (67.5%) of the students have shoulder pain during activity, 34.2% at its worth and minority of the students are suffering from sleep disturbance due to shoulder pain. Practical implication: few studies have assessed the relationship between university students and heavy bags. Therefore, our hypothesis is that the use of overweight shoulder bags can influence the occurrence of shoulder pain. Thus, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of shoulder pain carrying heavy bags in female students Conclusion: It is concluded that there is high prevalence of shoulder pain due to tote type of bags among university going females. The shoulder bags cause moderate to severe shoulder pain and mostly dull aching and generalized type of pain cause by shoulder bags. Keywords: Females students, Heavy bags, Prevalence, Shoulder pain
Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the association of screen time with the shoulder pain and disability among office workers. Method: A cross sectional Analytical study was conducted on office workers in Islamabad and Rawalpindi from July 2020 To January 2021. 370 office workers of age 25-45 and having working hours greater than 6 were included in the study. Association between the variables was checked by calculating r value of SPADI variables individually with screen time and it was 0.271 for Screen time and SPADI pain scale, 0.240 for Screen time and SPADI disability scale, and 0.245 for Screen time and total SPADI score. Findings: As all the values lies between 0-0.3, it shows that there is a weak positive co-relation between the Screen time and Shoulder pain and disability. The results of the current study concluded that there is a week positive correlation between the screen time and SPADI. Practical Implications: Overusing screen-based technologies is creating issues in the community by harming physical health, contributing to bad posture, and misaligning the skeleton. Therefore, the research will provide a starting point for data from which additional research can be done. Keywords: SPADI pain and disability, Shoulder disability, Painful Shoulder, Office workers and screen time.
Aim: To compare the effects of balance training on trunk control and postural stability in patients with sub-acute stroke Methods: A randomized control trial study was carried out with a total of 60 stroke patients. Both males and females, aged above 40 years, were able to stand for at least 5 minutes without any support, and patients on grades 2, 3, and 4 on a scale of functional mobility were included in the study. Each group has a session of training for 40 minutes, 3 times per week for 6 weeks Berg Balance Scale was used for assessment. The valuation was done at baseline 3rd week and last 6th weeks. After 6 weeks of treatment, significant progress was recorded on Berg Balance Scale in both groups. BMI and nutritional status of the study population were also assessed. Results: The p-value of the balance error scoring system after the 6th week of treatment was (P=0.004) while at berg balance scale after the 6th week was (0.001), In group B, the p-value of the balance error scoring system after the 6th week of treatment was (P=0.001) while at berg balance scale after 6th week were (0.001), which showed significant results after 6th week of treatment. The p-value of the balance error scoring system between groups was at baseline 0.16 while after the 6th week of treatment was 0.001 and the p-value of the berg balance scale between the group was at baseline 0.764 while after the 6th week of treatment was 0.04. Both levels of the assessment indicated significant improvement in-between groups. In control group A (p=0.004) however, in the experimental group (p= <0.001), BESS also showed substantial development in both the experimental and control group with p-value (p<0.001) for each group. The results of the study population suggest that there is a strong relationship between obesity and stroke. Conclusion: This study evaluated that task-oriented balance training with sensory input indicated more progress in balance coordination and postural stability as compared to task-oriented balance exercises without sensory integration in patients with stroke Keywords: BMI, Postural Stability, Rehabilitation, Stroke
Current study was conducted to address the problem of quackery that is widespread in Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan. During this study number of quacks and Qualified professionals in these areas and different ways of malpractice, practiced by the quacks were included. The study was conducted in all the urban, rural and semi urban area of DIK. Survey based on questionnaire was conducted distributing one in general populations and 2nd distributed among the quacks in the rural, urban and semi urban areas of DIK. Sample size of 150 was set in this regard. The three months duration study was performed to assess their malpractice regarding quacks and what knowledge they have. A questionnaire to approach the behavior of quacks regarding their practice consisting of 11 questions was also designed to analyze ways of quackery, government role and awareness of people about the quackery. Quacks mostly cater to people who are lower middle and lower socioeconomic class, having no approach to qualified practitioners. The public is not quality conscious and they seek to relive the pains with restricted budgets. These quackers consider them a qualified practioners and people having less knowledge of its outcomes and possessing poverty, expose to poor health practices. This leads to spread of other fatal diseases like AIDS, hepatitis and cancer. In order to reduce probability of exposure to unsafe healthcare practices, Government must have proper check and balance so that it may be proactively addressed by shutting down all unlicensed practitioners and educating the community to discourage the malpractices in field of health.
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