ASSESSMENT OF HAMSTRING FLEXIBILITY RETENTION THROUGH SIT-AND-REACH BOX IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN

OBJECTIVESAdministrationof sit and reach (SR) box as an intervention tool forretaining the hamstring flexibility as a treatment regime in order toprevent as well predict future low back pain complications.Improvement of hamstring flexibility through SR box, administrationofSR box as an assessment tool in patients with reduced hamstringflexibility causing low back pain complications. Also implementationof SR box for training purpose in clinical practice to evaluate theefficacy of the SR box in retention of hamstring flexibility in bothgenders.STUDY DESIGNA quantitative experimental study inclusive of simple randomsampling was done. The independent variables were age andgender. Flexibility retention and treatment were the dependentvariables which were assessed by a Sit-and-reach box.MEASUREMENTSThe subject pool for this study consisted of 40 volunteers that wereselected on the basis of simple random sampling and were recruitedin the study after assessing hamstring tightness throughtoe-touching, straight leg raise and piriformis test to exclude anyspecific pathology or disorders.RESULTSFlexibility showed marked increase in most of the applicants on 5thtrial after a 4 week training regime by sit and reach box.CONCLUSIONAchievements in flexibility are preserved for no less than 2 weeksafter a stretching program. It additionally created the impressionthat 2 sets; each consisting of 3 repetitions of a sit-and-reach test isadequate for boosting extensive increment in flexibility.KEYWORDSSit-And-Reach, Stretching, Flexibility, Hamstring, Low Back Pain,Straight Leg Raise.