Influence of body mass index on lumbar flexibility and risk of falls in adult subjects
Background: Obesity is recognized as a major health problem in the world, obesity is accompanied with reduce postural control and stability and could be one cause of risk of fall and also is increase various musculoskeletal disorders including impairment of the spine. Objective: was conducted to investigate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on lumber flexibility and on risk of falls. Subjects: 87 adult subjects of both genders with their ages ranged from 20 to 40 years participated in this study. Subjects were classified into 3 groups according to BMI.