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

OBJECTIVES Administrationof sit and reach (SR) box as an intervention tool for retaining the hamstring flexibility as a treatment regime in order to prevent as well predict future low back pain complications. Improvement of hamstring flexibility through SR box, administrationof SR box as an assessment tool in patients with reduced hamstring flexibility causing low back pain complications. Also implementation of SR box for training purpose in clinical practice to evaluate the efficacy of the SR box in retention of hamstring flexibility in both genders. STUDY DESIGN A quantitative experimental study inclusive of simple random sampling was done. The independent variables were age and gender. Flexibility retention and treatment were the dependent variables which were assessed by a Sit-and-reach box. MEASUREMENTS The subject pool for this study consisted of 40 volunteers that were selected on the basis of simple random sampling and were recruited in the study after assessing hamstring tightness through toe-touching, straight leg raise and piriformis test to exclude any specific pathology or disorders. RESULTS Flexibility showed marked increase in most of the applicants on 5th trial after a 4 week training regime by sit and reach box. CONCLUSION Achievements in flexibility are preserved for no less than 2 weeks after a stretching program. It additionally created the impression that 2 sets; each consisting of 3 repetitions of a sit-and-reach test is adequate for boosting extensive increment in flexibility.