Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

PELVIC TILT AS A MEASURE OF HAMSTRING MUSCLE FLEXIBILITY IN SIT REACH TEST

Dr. Shuaa D. Ghare, Dr. M. Vijayakumar, Dr. Payal Vashi, Dr. Lakshmi Pavani P, Dr. Luqman Shaikh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Background and Purpose:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> The sit reach test is commonly used to assess flexibility of spine and length of the hamstring muscle. The purpose of this study was to describe hamstring length by the use of posterior pelvic tilt (PPT) in sit reach test position.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Methods:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"> The participants were 219 individuals. Each subject performed SLR, SRT, in the final position of sit reach test, posterior pelvic tilt was measured using an inclinometer.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Results:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"> There was a weak correlation between SRT, SLR and PPT measurements (P &lt;.05)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Discussion:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"> The result suggests significant difference in hamstring length using PPT (P &lt;0.05). Although scores of SRT, SLR and PPT were weakly correlated, we prefer to assess hamstring muscle length using posterior pelvic tilt because these scores are not influenced by anthropometric factors or spinal mobility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>