Prevalence of Iliotibial Band Tightness in Prolonged Sitting Subjects

Abstract

Context: Musculoskeletal disorder are group of disorder that affect the musculoskeletal system involving nerve, tendon, muscle supporting structure. Muscle tightness leads to an imbalance in acting on the joint and in the long term can lead to pain and weakness and can cause several problems which can lead to have difficulties while walking and doing other activities. Flexibility is vital component of fitness for musculoskeletal functioning and maximizing the performance of physical activities And sedentary lifestyle can hamper the flexibility of the muscles. Tightness in muscles also reduces the range of motion .So there is need to aware people about the risk factors for poor health due to sedentary lifestyle. Hence the aim was to find the muscle tightness due to sitting for minimum 7 to 8 hrs at one place. Method: In this consecutive study, 60 subjects were taken with working for 7 hours or more per day between age group 20-60 yrs, were included which consisted of 42% of females and 58% of males respectively. Thus tests such as ober’s test, sit and reach test and straight leg raise test were performed. Result: The tests which were correlated with the duration of working hours of sitting for more than 6-7 hours and the results showed that the ober’s test was positive in 47% subjects. According to straight leg raise test the test was positive in 42% subjects and 53% subjects have fair flexibility according to sit and reach test. Conclusion: By this study, it was found that there was 47% of prevalence of iliotibial band tightness in subjects who were being sedentary for more than 7 hours per day with p value of <0.0001.