The prevalence of neck pain due to bad sitting posture in physiotherapy students

Author: 
Dr. Danish Nouman and Dr. Kayinat Hassan

Background: Neck pain is predictable among people of all ages, everyone faces trouble with neck pain because of thepoor posture and prolong use of electronic devices. College Students also experience neck pain as they spend most of the time in college. They work with faculty posture on computers, slouch on desk & carry backpacks on one shoulder etc; therefore, the study aims to find the prevalence of neck pain due to bad sitting posture in college students. Method: A cross-sectional study was used. Total number of participants were 100 (58 females & 42 males), aged between 19-24 years and a questionnaire consisting of two parts i.e. Part 1: Numeric pain rating scale and Part 2: standard administered Questionnaire was filled by them. Result: The prevalence of neck pain is more in females than in males. Out of 100 students 58 experiences mild pain, 37 moderate pain and 5 severe pain. Conclusion: Major etiology of neck pain was prolonged static sitting posture with the forward head Bend.

Paper No: 
3732