Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: April-June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 338-350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210460
Comparison of Back-Leg Muscle Strength in Physically Active and Inactive Administrative Job Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study
Tirth Rambhia1, Shwetanjali Bhagra2
1BPTh (Intern); 2Assistant Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Health Sciences Physiotherapy; Dr. VitthalraoVikhe Patil College of Physiotherapy, Ahmednagar, India.
Corresponding Author: Tirth Rambhia
ABSTRACT
This study has been undertaken to assess the back-leg muscle strength in administrative job workers and then compare the readings/values of physically active population with physically inactive population of administrative staff, in Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Memorial hospital and medical college. The study used “IPAQ-sf Questionnaire” to estimate the level of physical activity and amount of sitting behaviour in hours throughout the day of the week and “Isometric back-leg-chest dynamometer” to assess the back and leg muscle strength of the 74 administrative staff, male (68.9%) and female (31.1%) involved in the study. The findings of the study indicated significant differences in the back-leg muscle strengths of both physically active and inactive population in both the male and female groups. On comparing the physically active population with physically inactive, in the male group inactive the results showed a significant difference in back muscle strength (0.0224) and leg muscle strength (0.0289) and in female group the leg strength (0.0200) showed a higher significant difference than back strength (0.0003). This workplace delivered that the more the physical active of an individual irrespective of the age and genders the better the back-leg muscle strength and the more number of years a person worked in a sitting-environment weaker the back-leg muscle strength.
Keywords: Physical activity, Physical inactivity, Dynamometry, Isometric Dynamometer, BLC dynamometer, Administrative workers.