EFFECT OF HIGH HEELS ON LUMBAR LORDOSIS, RANGE OF MOTION AND MUSCLE ENDURANCE IN COLLEGE GOING FEMALES.

Deepika Garg; Shabnam Joshi; Alka Pawalia; Vikram Singh Yadav

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

EFFECT OF HIGH HEELS ON LUMBAR LORDOSIS, RANGE OF MOTION AND MUSCLE ENDURANCE IN COLLEGE GOING FEMALES.

Deepika Garg, Shabnam Joshi, Alka Pawalia, Vikram Singh Yadav

Abstract :

Weå high heels is stressful on joints of the foot as whole of the body weight rests there. The purpose of the study was to see the effect of high heels on lumbar lordosis, ROM & endurance in college going females. A convenient sample of 60 healthy females in age group of 18–26 years fulfilling the inclusion criterion was taken from GJUS&T, Hisar. They were further divided into two groups, group A consisted of 30 females weå high heels of more than 2 inches and group B weå heels with heel height less than 2 inches. The values of lumbar lordosis, ROM and endurance of lumbar flexors and extensors were measured for each subject. Unrelated t–test was used to compare the differences between the groups. The results showed that females weå high heels were found to have increased lumbar lordosis and decreased endurance of lumbar flexors than those weå heels with less height. These findings could be an indicator for the development of back pain and other musculoskeletal problems in females weå high heels than those not weå heels or weå heels with less height on regular basis.