International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
Dr. Karuna Sana, Dr. Krishna Banerjee (Biswas)

Abstract
The present study was conducted for assessing the influence of gender on choice of postural deformities. For that total eight hundred twelve male and female [400 boys and 412 girls] school going children were selected from rural area of Howrah district West Bengal. Their age ranged from 10 to 13 years. Selected postural deformities were Flat Foot, Knock Knee, Bow Leg as lower extremity deformities and Kyphosis, Lordosis, and Scoliosis as spinal cord deformities. Result of the study revealed that girls were more posturally deformed than boys. It was also found that there was significant association between gender and choice of deformities and more number of girls was the sufferer on the influence of deformities.