A Study to Assess the Posture of Adults at their Work Place on Body Mechanics at Kurali: A Descriptive Study

Anjana Sharma¹ and Raman Kalia²*

¹Lecturer, Saraswati Institute of Nursing, Dhianpura, Ropar, India
²Principal, Saraswati Institute of Nursing, Dhianpura, Ropar, India

*Corresponding Author: Raman Kalia, Principal, Saraswati Institute of Nursing, Dhianpura, Ropar, India.

Received: October 09, 2025; Published: October 24, 2025

Abstract

Background: Body Mechanics is a term used to describe the ways we move and go about in our lives. It includes how we hold our body while sitting, standing, lifting, bending, and carrying or while moving. Poor body mechanics can often leads to poor body posture, back pain and related discomfort. Workers in industries and offices are exposed to various types of risk factors such as lifting heavy items, bending, reaching overhead, pushing and pulling heavy loads, working in awkward body postures and performing the same or similar tasks repetitively, causing morbidity. Taking care of back is a lifelong project and use of proper body mechanics is an effective way to maintain health and fitness of the back.

Objective: 1. To assess the posture of adults at their work place. 2. To develop health education package on body mechanics.

Material and Method: Non-Experimental Descriptive Design was used for study. The study was conducted among 50 subjects from various organizations at Kurali. Socio-demographic data sheet and Observation Checklist was used to observe the body mechanics practices of the subjects.

Results: The findings of the study revealed that 27 (54.0%) subjects had good body mechanics practices, 17(34.0%) had average practices where as 06(12.0%) subjects had poor body mechanics practices.

Conclusion: Half of the participants had good practices of using body mechanics, one third of the participants had average practices and some of the participants had poor practices of using body mechanics.

Keywords: Body Mechanics; Practices; Body Posture

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Citation

Citation: Anjana Sharma and Raman Kalia. “A Study to Assess the Posture of Adults at their Work Place on Body Mechanics at Kurali: A Descriptive Study". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 8.11 (2025): 27-33.

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Copyright: © 2025 Anjana Sharma and Raman Kalia. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.