Introduction:
The tendency to adapt bad posture increases with
the increasing sedentary life style. Sitting for prolong
period of time will lead to bad postures such as scoliosis,
rounded shoulder, kyphosis, lordosis and forward head
posture.1 Therefore, a cross-sectional study was
conducted to evaluate the prevalence of forward head
posture among college going student in Arunachal
Pradesh, Ziro and to educate them about the bad
posture.
Method:
Permission was taken from various colleges of ziro
and consent form was obtained from all the participants.
After the inclusion and exclusion criteria, participants
were assessed for forward head posture using a plumb
line in a sagittal plane where the tragus of ear was
marked as a point of reference.Conclusion:
This study indicated that forward head posture is
very common among collegiate of Ziro, Lower Subansiri,
Arunachal Pradesh.
Keywords : Forward Head Posture, Collegiate, Good Posture, Bad Posture, Plumb Line.