Abstract
Introduction & Background: The university students spend their quarter (6 hours) of a day in a classroom include hours of a day in sitting position. Thus it become very hard to maintain a posture erect throughout the day this leads to stress in the ligamentous structures and may produce pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of neck posture on abdominal muscle strength among university students. Method: This study recruited 50 young adults and was divided into 2 groups. Group 1 included student with forward head posture and group 2 included student with normal neck posture. After meeting the inclusion criteria, neck posture was assessed using Ruler method. Then timed sit up and DLLT were also added to check the upper abdominal strength and the lower abdominal strength simultaneously. Results: The comparison was done in between Tragus and wall distance (normal-cued) and timed sit up test that shows significant result. Again, the correlation was found in between Tragus to wall distance (normal –cued) and double leg lowering test and this shows non- significant result in both the groups. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is a significant relationship between neck posture and upper abdominal strength and there is no relation between neck posture and lower abdominal strength.
Keywords: Neck posture, Normal neck posture, Forward head posture, Abdominal muscle strength