Kyphotic posture in laptop and desktop users among employees of private Universities in Lahore

Abstract

The objective of study was to find the association of kyphotic posture with type of computer used (laptop/desktop) among employees of private Universities in Lahore Pakistan.Methodology: An analytical associational study was conducted. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the 195 subjects. Self-made questionnaire was used to collect the demographic details. The Occiput wall distance test was applied to find the presence and measure the severity of kyphosis. Chi-square test was applied to analyze the association between computers usage (laptop & desktop) and gender, age, number of hours and severity of kyphotic posture in categorical and continuous variables, respectively