Abstract
Objective: The purpose of current study was to assess the core endurance in individuals with and without lower crossed syndrome.
Study design: It was a cross sectional study.
Place and duration of study: The study was conducted at Foundation University, Islamabad from February 2023 to January 2024.
Material and Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study included 158 participants (aged 19-30) through purposive sampling technique. Written consent was obtained from the participants before participation. McGill’s Core Endurance Battery was used to measure the core endurance and analysis was done using SPSS version 21.1.1
Results: This study included 158 participnts, with mean age of 21.81 ± 2.43 years. This study showed that for individuals with LCS, mean trunk flexor endurance time was 12.38±8.36 seconds, trunk extensor endurance time was 6.73±4.92 seconds. For the right lateral endurance, it was 3.89±2.61seconds and left lateral endurance test was 3.87±3.0 seconds. Whereas for individuals without LCS, mean trunk flexor endurance time was 14.67±11.69 seconds, trunk extensor endurance time was 9.35±8.62 seconds. For the right lateral endurance, it was 7.67±7.58 and 7.26±7.73for left lateral endurance.
Conclusion: This study concluded that there are significant differences regarding the measured core endurance for extensor, left lateral and right lateral endurance tests between the healthy group and the lower cross group (p < 0.05) and there was no significant difference in flexor endurance (p ≥ 0.05) between individuals with and without lower crossed syndrome.
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