Abstract
Objective: To find out the Prevalence of Achilles tendinopathy due to prolonged standing among salesperson working in shopping malls of twin-cities.
Study design: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study design.
Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in shopping mall of twin-cities among sales person with in time period of 4 months.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted on June 2023 to September 2023. We had 285 participants, both male and female salespersons aged 26 to 45 years old, who spent over 5 hours a day standing in shopping malls in twin-cities. Data was collected using standardized scales, the VISA-A sedentary scale and the LEFS scale. After taking informed consent data was analyzed using SPSS version 26, frequencies and percentages were calculated for individual variables.
Results: If LEFS score range from 61-80 and VISA-A score range from 61-100 then this condition is not prevalent among study participants, through that 54.7% participants are not prevailing. Conversely, If LEFS and VISA-A score range from 0-60 then this condition is prevalent among study participants. According to our results the prevalence of Achilles tendinopathy is 44.3% (126) due to prolonged standing among salespersons.
Conclusion: Our study concluded that there was an Average alliance of Achilles tendinopathy in salespersons due to prolonged standing in shopping malls of twin-cities.
Keywords: Achilles Tendinopathy, Heel pain, Victorian Institute of Sports Academy self-administered - Achilles sedentary scale, Lower extremity functional Scale, Salesperson.
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