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Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women

BACKGROUND: Sitting for long periods of time and lack of physical activity in young adults can cause postural deterioration leading to rapid onset of fatigue and increase the risk of back pain. We were interested in whether there are gender differences in spinal curvature among university students w...

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Autores principales: Cepková, Alena, Zemková, Erika, Šooš, Ľubomír, Uvaček, Marián, Muyor, José M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697567/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288553
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author Cepková, Alena
Zemková, Erika
Šooš, Ľubomír
Uvaček, Marián
Muyor, José M.
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Zemková, Erika
Šooš, Ľubomír
Uvaček, Marián
Muyor, José M.
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description BACKGROUND: Sitting for long periods of time and lack of physical activity in young adults can cause postural deterioration leading to rapid onset of fatigue and increase the risk of back pain. We were interested in whether there are gender differences in spinal curvature among university students with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle. METHODS: 20 sedentary female (age 20 ± 0.73 years) and 39 sedentary male university students (age 20 ± 1.08 years) participated in this study. Their thoracic and lumbar curvatures were assessed while standing and sitting using a Spinal Mouse. RESULTS: In standing, 80.0% of the females and 69.2% of the males had a neutral position of the thoracic spine (33.25° and 35.33°, respectively). However, more males, 30.8%, than females, 10.0%, had hyperkyphosis (54.27° and 47.0°, respectively). Hypokyphosis was found in 10.0% of the females (18.50°) and none in the males. Similarly, 90.0% of the females and 97.4% of the males had neutral position of the lumbar spine (-33.11° and -29.76°, respectively). Increased hyperlordosis was found in 10.0% of the females and 2.6% of the males (-41.0° and -50.0°, respectively). Hypolordosis was not detected in either females or males. In sitting, on the other hand, 70.0% of the females and only 33.3% of the males had a neutral position of the thoracic spine (30.20° and 30.62°, respectively). Increased hyperkyphosis was found in 46.2% of the males (59.76°) and none of the females. 30.0% of the females and 23.1% of the males had light hypokyphosis (47.50° and 46.67°, respectively). Similarly, 70.0% of the females and only 38.5% of the males had a neutral position of the lumbar spine (7.0° and 6.6°, respectively). 35.9% of the males and only 5.0% of the females had a light hypokyphosis (16.14° and 16.0°, respectively). Slightly increased hyperkyphosis was identified in 25.6% of the males and 25.0% of the females (23.9° and 22.5°, respectively). CONCLUSION: There are significant gender differences in spinal curvature. While in the thoracic spine it was to the detriment of the males when both standing and sitting, in the lumbar spine it is related to the females only when standing. It is therefore necessary to eliminate these spinal deviations in young adults induced by prolonged sitting during university courses by appropriate recovery modalities.
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spelling pubmed-106975672023-12-06 Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women Cepková, Alena Zemková, Erika Šooš, Ľubomír Uvaček, Marián Muyor, José M. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Sitting for long periods of time and lack of physical activity in young adults can cause postural deterioration leading to rapid onset of fatigue and increase the risk of back pain. We were interested in whether there are gender differences in spinal curvature among university students with a predominantly sedentary lifestyle. METHODS: 20 sedentary female (age 20 ± 0.73 years) and 39 sedentary male university students (age 20 ± 1.08 years) participated in this study. Their thoracic and lumbar curvatures were assessed while standing and sitting using a Spinal Mouse. RESULTS: In standing, 80.0% of the females and 69.2% of the males had a neutral position of the thoracic spine (33.25° and 35.33°, respectively). However, more males, 30.8%, than females, 10.0%, had hyperkyphosis (54.27° and 47.0°, respectively). Hypokyphosis was found in 10.0% of the females (18.50°) and none in the males. Similarly, 90.0% of the females and 97.4% of the males had neutral position of the lumbar spine (-33.11° and -29.76°, respectively). Increased hyperlordosis was found in 10.0% of the females and 2.6% of the males (-41.0° and -50.0°, respectively). Hypolordosis was not detected in either females or males. In sitting, on the other hand, 70.0% of the females and only 33.3% of the males had a neutral position of the thoracic spine (30.20° and 30.62°, respectively). Increased hyperkyphosis was found in 46.2% of the males (59.76°) and none of the females. 30.0% of the females and 23.1% of the males had light hypokyphosis (47.50° and 46.67°, respectively). Similarly, 70.0% of the females and only 38.5% of the males had a neutral position of the lumbar spine (7.0° and 6.6°, respectively). 35.9% of the males and only 5.0% of the females had a light hypokyphosis (16.14° and 16.0°, respectively). Slightly increased hyperkyphosis was identified in 25.6% of the males and 25.0% of the females (23.9° and 22.5°, respectively). CONCLUSION: There are significant gender differences in spinal curvature. While in the thoracic spine it was to the detriment of the males when both standing and sitting, in the lumbar spine it is related to the females only when standing. It is therefore necessary to eliminate these spinal deviations in young adults induced by prolonged sitting during university courses by appropriate recovery modalities. Public Library of Science 2023-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10697567/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288553 Text en © 2023 Cepková et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Cepková, Alena
Zemková, Erika
Šooš, Ľubomír
Uvaček, Marián
Muyor, José M.
Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title_full Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title_fullStr Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title_full_unstemmed Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title_short Sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
title_sort sedentary lifestyle of university students is detrimental to the thoracic spine in men and to the lumbar spine in women
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697567/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288553
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