Correlation between Obesity and the Depth of Lumbar Lordosis in Obesity-typed Women in Internal Medicine Clinic Dustira Military Hospital Cimahi Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Abstract Obesity is one of the most concerned health problem in Indonesia. According to Riskesdas 2013, the prevalence of obesity in Indonesia is greater in women and in the age group of 50-54 years old. Obesity is one of the risk factor of various disease, one of them is lumbar lordosis because of the change in the a person^s center of gravity. Lumbar lordosis is also one of the predisposing factors of low back pain. According to this situation, this research is focusing on correlation between the depth of lumbar lordosis and obesity-typed women in Internal Medicine Clinic, Dustira Military Hospital Cimahi. This studies is cross-sectional analytical correlation, with the size sample is 40 women of 40-50 years old with the BMI category is obesity. This sample is taken using consecutive sampling. Data was analyzed descriptively and statistically by using Spearman correlation. Result shows that there is a significant correlation between the depth of lumbar lordosis and obesity (r=0,843, p=<0,001). Keywords: Depth of Lumbar Lordosis, Lumbar lordosis, Obesity Topic: Biomedical Science |
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