Objectives: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) refers the injury to the cord resulting in impairment of Neuro-muscular function below the level of lesion; motor, sensory, bladder and bowel functions are affected and the functional independence depends primarily on the level and completeness of injury, trunk length and sitting balance in complete paraplegics: a correlational study. Methods: A sample of 30 subjects (26 males & 4 females) from SSSMC and jai physiotherapy and dental clinic, Meerut, were included in the study. The subjects were measured for their trunk length and then asked to perform the task of sitting functional reach (both forward and lateral). The reach values (cm) and the trunk length (cm) of the subjects were documented. Results: The data revealed the mean scores of forward reach values of 14.87, lateral reach values of 11.90, trunk length with a mean values of 62.6 cm. A nonsignificant negative correlation with r value of – 0.145 (NS) was found when values of forward reach of the sample were compared with the trunk length in group 1. A significant negative correlation with r value of – 0.561* & - 0.899* was found when values of forward reach of the sample were compared with the trunk length in group 2 & group 3. A significant negative correlation with r value of – 0.561* & - 0.72* was found when values of lateral reach of the sample were compared with the trunk length in group 1 & group 2. A non-significant negative correlation with r value of –0.901* was found when values of lateral reach of the sample were compared with the trunk length in group 3. Conclusions: The results of this study indicates that there exists a significant negative correlation between Trunk length and Sitting Balance in Complete Paraplegics.

Keywords: Complete Paraplegics, trunk length