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Turoń-Skrzypińska Agnieszka, Tomska Natalia, Ptak Magdalena, Mosiejczuk Hanna, Ciosek Żaneta, Pelczar Małgorzata, RotterIwona. Impact of sitting position on the formation of spinal curvatures in the sagittal plane of taxi drivers - preliminary report. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(4):326-337. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1226750 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5437 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/863607 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.03.2018. Revised: 10.03.2018. Accepted: 22.04.2018. Impact of sitting position on the formation of spinal curvatures in the sagittal plane of taxi drivers-preliminary report Agnieszka Turoń-Skrzypińska1, Natalia Tomska1, Magdalena Ptak1, HannaMosiejczuk1, Żaneta Ciosek1, Małgorzata Pelczar2, Iwona Rotter1 1Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland 2Department of Systems and Computer Networks West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland Keywords: curvature of the spine, sagittal plane, Rippstein plurimetr ABSTRACT Introduction: Human body posture is an individual feature influenced by environmental conditions and the type of performed work. The curvatures change with age, quality and style of life. Civilizational development has led to a sedentary lifestyle, which has an influence on postural defects formation. The aim of this study was to verify the effect of length of time for taxi drivers on spine curvature formation compared to people who adopt a sitting position. Materials and methods: The study comprised 60 subjects: 30 controls and 30 study subjects (taxi drivers), all with work history longer than 10 years. Triplicate measurements of spinal curvatures were taken using the Rippstein Plurimeter in a relaxed position, and results were saved according to the SFTR system. In addition, body height and weight were measured to calculate body mass index (BMI). Results: The average work time in the examined group was 57.7 and the control group 6.8 hours per week. The mean values of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis in the examined group were 36.3 and 17.9 degrees, respectively, versus 30.3 and 20.8 in the control group. Age and length of service had an impact on the shaping of the spinal curvatures. Greater value of BMI was associated with deeper thoracic kyphosis, but not with shallower lumbar lordosis. Conclusions: Adverse changes in shaping spinal curvatures progress with increasing age and length of the employment performed in the sitting position. Body mass index and body weight above the normal level contribute to deepening thoracic kyphosis. Keywords: lumbar lordosis; thoracic kyphosis; curvature measurement; professional exposure; anatomical curvatures; physiology of work. |
