A Study of the Shoulder Stiffness of High School Student as an Epidemiologic Research. The 1st Report.
10.3777/jjsam.51.157
- VernacularTitle:高校生における肩こりの疫学的研究 第１報
- Author:
Mari FUJITA
;
Tadashi YANO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
shoulder stiffness;
high school student;
questionnaire;
epidemiologic study
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2001;51(2):157-164
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Purpose : To study and promote the practical use of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for the young, we investigated shoulder stiffiness in high school students.
Method : We surveyed 6, 251 students at twelve high schools in Kyoto, Japan about the prevalence and the characteristics of shoulder stiffness using our original questionnaire. We used chi-square test to compare the proportion of the respondents.
Result : Of the subjects we inquired, 5, 846 completed the questionnaire. The overall prevalence rate of shoulder stiffness was 65.3%. The sense of “languid” was 54.9% and “heavy” was 43.9%. While 11.5% of respondents considered their condition to be in tolerable 68.0% said it was “tolerable”. The result of crosstabulation showed that women were more likely to have the symptoms than men and the prevalence rate significantly increased as the academic grade increased.
Conclusion : The rate of shoulder stiffness, 65.3% was higher than we expected. And 12th grades had the most frequency of shoulder stiffness. We considered that the stresses at the graduation on to study hard to graduate are important factors of affecting from shoulder stiffness. The application of acupuncture and moxibustion may help relieve the symptoms among high school students.
