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Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study
Thesis (MScPhysio (Physiotherapy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
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| author | Van Niekerk, Sjan-Mari |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2030 Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study Van Niekerk, Sjan-Mari Louw, Quinette Vaughn, Kit University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Health Sciences. Dept. of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Physiotherapy. Dissertations -- Physiotherapy Theses -- Physiotherapy Backache -- Measurement. Posture disorders -- Measurement School children -- Health and hygiene -- Evaluation Thesis (MScPhysio (Physiotherapy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. Objective The objective of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of a Portable Posture Analysis Method (PPAM). Design The design for the reliability section was a repeated measures observational study and the design for the validity section was a correlation study. Background The prevalence of spinal pain among high school learners is high (Murphy et al, 2002). It is also notable that the prevalence of back pain increases across the teenage years (Grimmer & Williams 2000, Burton et al 1996). In South Africa, the preliminary findings of a study conducted by a Physiotherapy masters candidate (Ms L Smith: ethics nr. N05/09/164) indicates that about 74% of high school learners in Cape Town complained of musculoskeletal pain. Posture has been identified by some researchers to be a primary predictor of the development of spinal, particularly upper quadrant pain among computer users (NIOSH 1997, Vieira et al 2004). Measurement of posture poses a real challenge to researchers wanting to accurately evaluate posture in research projects. Considering the practical implications in measuring posture, the validity and reliability of posture measurement are often reported to be poor. Many of these methods of indirect assessment of working posture have been reported on in the literature. These measures include; the goniometer, inclinometer, flexible electrogoniometer, flexicurve and photography (Harrison et al 2005, Christensen 1999, Nitschke et al 1999, Chen & Lee 1997). ... 2008-01-21T08:05:27Z 2010-06-01T08:39:10Z 2008-01-21T08:05:27Z 2010-06-01T08:39:10Z 2007-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2030 en University of Stellenbosch 1022847 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Physiotherapy Theses -- Physiotherapy Backache -- Measurement. Posture disorders -- Measurement School children -- Health and hygiene -- Evaluation Van Niekerk, Sjan-Mari Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title | Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title_full | Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title_fullStr | Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title_short | Measuring the sitting posture of high school learners, a reliability and validity study |
| title_sort | measuring the sitting posture of high school learners a reliability and validity study |
| topic | Dissertations -- Physiotherapy Theses -- Physiotherapy Backache -- Measurement. Posture disorders -- Measurement School children -- Health and hygiene -- Evaluation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2030 |
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