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Background: To objectively assess the prevalence of forward head posture and its effect on active mouth opening. Material & Methods: Correlational study design. Setting – Subjects were selected from various gyms and fitness centers located in South Delhi. Subjects were selected for the study according to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Method of Sampling- Sample of convenience. Instrumentation / Tools/ Scales/ Outcome Measure- Markers, UTHSCSA Software version 3.0, Calibrated Ruler, Digi Cam; 16 Mega Pixel with stand, Laptop, Liquid Disinfectant, Calibrated Ruler to measure active mouth opening. Craniovertebral angle was measured using UTHSCSA Image tool program. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20.0 version software. Descriptive statistics was used to compute means. The Pearson’s coefficient of correlation was used to examine the relationships between craniovertebral angle and active mouth opening. Results were considered significant at ‘p’ < 0.05. Results: The purpose of conducting this study was to find out the effect on active mouth opening in female weightlifters which was conducted on females performing weight lifting task in the gyms and fitness centers situated in South Delhi. It was observed that there was a statistically significant correlation with CV angle with active mouth opening. Conclusion: By the virtue of this study, we can conclude that our participant group of weightlifters had a below normal craniovertebral angle. The result demonstrated that there is a significant effect on active mouth opening.
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Background: The present study will help to determine if balance in young females is affected due to donning of headscarf and will help in planning preventive strategies. Material & Methods: Study Design- Cross sectional study design, Setting- Subjects were selected from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi -110062. Subjects were selected for the study according to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Methods of Sampling- Sample of convenience. Instrumentation/Tools/Scales- Goniometer, Standardized tape measure, Weighing machine, Stadiometer and Y Test Kit. Statistical Analysis-The data was managed on an excel spreadsheet and was analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences for windows) software, Version 20. Student’s t-test was used to analyse the data and level of significance was kept at 0.05. Results: The purpose of conducting this study was to find out the effect of wearing head scarf on dynamic balance, which was conducted on females of Jamia Hamdard. This study was conducted on 98 young adult female university students. Out of which 49 subjects wore headscarf (Experimental group) for at least 1-year and rest 49 subjects did not wear a headscarf (Control group) It was observed that there was a statistically significant effect of wearing headscarf on dynamic balance in young adult females between the two groups. Conclusion: The present study was conducted to see the effect of donning a headscarf on balance in young females. A total of 98 subjects were included in the present study and divided into the control and experimental group. The results of the study indicated that the control group had better balance as compared to the experimental group by Y balance test indicating that donning of headscarf affects balance in young females. Hence null hypothesis is rejected and experimental hypothesis is accepted.