IJPR.2024.117

Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 12; Issue 3 (June 2024)

Page No.: 4738-4742

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijpr.2024.117

Prevalence of Hamstring Tightness in Nursing Students Using 90-90 SLR Test: A Cross-Sectional Study

Devesh Narkhede *¹, Mayur Ajmera ², Quazi Ibtesaam Huma ³.

^*1 Undergraduate student, Shiva Trust’s Aurangabad College of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, India.

² Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Shiva Trust’s Aurangabad College of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, India.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy in Neurosciences, Shiva Trust’s Aurangabad College of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, India.

Corresponding Author: Devesh Narkhede, Undergraduate student, Shiva Trust’s Aurangabad College of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, India. E-Mail: deveshnarkhede2001@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Flexibility is a range of movement available at a joint. Tightness of muscle is caused by a decline in the ability of muscle to disfigure. Hamstring tightness can lead to low back pain, bad posture, imbalances of muscles and knee pain. According to previously performed studies, prolonged sitting can be a factor that leads to hamstring tightness; therefore, we selected nursing students as a participant in the study who have a daily sitting time of 6-8 hours. Hence objective of the study is to find out the prevalence of hamstring tightness among nursing students.

Aim: The study’s aim was to find out if Nursing Students have hamstring tightness due to Prolonged Sitting using a 90-90 SLR test.

Study design: Observational study.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 145 participants were included by verifying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Consent was taken before evaluation. Hamstring tightness was measured by a 90-90 SLR test. After that, height and weight were measured, and BMI was calculated. After evaluating all participants, prevalence was calculated. Then, it was compared with BMI.

Result: 20.68 percent of participants had hamstring tightness.

Conclusion: The result indicates that the prevalence of hamstring tightness is low in nursing students.

KEYWORDS: Hamstring tightness, Nursing students, 90-90 SLR test, Body Mass Index.

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