Functional differences among adolescence in relation to postural deformities of Karnataka state

Abstract

The main Purpose of the study was to find out the Functional differences among adolescence in relation to postural deformities of Karnataka state. For this study 800 high school boys were selected from four divisions of Karnataka state. Fifty meter dash to assess the Speed, standing broad jump to assess an explosive power and plumb line test to assess the kyphosis deformity. The collected data was analyzed by using the analysis of covariance (ANOVA) was used at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant difference in explosive power, fifty meter run and postural deformity of kyphosis-neck and kyphosis-back of high school boys among four divisions of Karnataka state.