Prevalence of Hamstring Tightness among School Going Students Aged 13 to 17 Years
1 Resa Paulson; 2 Aswathi. M; 3 Vysakh M Kumar; 4 NazeehaSeveral studies have found that inactivity has negative impacts on the musculoskeletal system in children and adolescents [1]. Adolescents pick up a variety of sitting issues at school that are in line with the established infrastructure and traditional teaching system, such as bench sitting and extended sitting hours. The students spend 5.5 to 6.5 hours each day in the same sedentary position, with little physical activity to support an active lifestyle [2]. Prolonged sitting, such as that experienced by students, causes alterations that can shorten the hip muscles. Additionally, prolonged sitting causes a shift in pelvic alignment, which causes the hamstring to contract during extended periods of sitting, which generates a significant amount of tension on the muscle, increasing the likelihood of pathology [3].