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Comparison of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate between Young Males and Females During Dominant and Non-Dominant Single-Leg Stance

Ankita Samuel1, Manish Rajput1, Chhavi Gupta1, Sumit Kalra2 1Student-Bachelors of Physiotherapy, 2Assistant Professor, Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy

ABSTRACT

Background: It has been observed that Blood Pressure and Heart Rate of an individual changes with posture. This study is performed to study the change in Blood Pressure and Heart Rate while standing on dominant and on non-dominant single -leg stance in males and females. Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the significant changes in Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in young college going males and females while standing on there dominant and non-dominant lower limb (single-leg stance). Subjects: 200 subjects (100-males, 100-females) of the age group of 18 to 25yrs Study Design: Co-relational Data Analysis: P-Value was calculated for the systolic and diastolic blood pressure separately and as well as of Heart Rate in resting, single-leg stance on dominant leg and single-leg stance on nondominant leg in both Males and Females. Conclusion: From The study it can be concluded that while training any individual on single -leg stance on dominant and non-dominant a therapist should take care of the blood pressure and Heart Rate specially while working on hypertensive's, amputees, individuals with cardio-vascular, neurological, psychological and neuro muscular disorders.

Keywords: Heart Rate, Blood Pressure

INTRODUCTION

Human Heart rate can vary as the body’s need to absorb oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide changes, such as during exercise or sleep.

The one-leg stance is a valid measure to assess postural steadiness in a static position by temporal measurement. The examination of balance with oneleg stance test is a functional and logical approach, since transient balancing on a single limb is essential for normal gait and critical activities of daily living such as turning, stair climbing and dressing and it is also essential for sports person who need good proprioception to be good in their field of sports.

In addition to identifying single-leg balance testing as a reliable indicator of functional instabilities. Freeman and colleagues provided sound support for the use of single-leg proprioceptive training to decrease the effects of functional instabilities. Since that time, clinicians have continued to use single-leg stance manipulations for both the evaluation and rehabilitation of proprioceptive deficits related to orthopedic injury.

During rehabilitation, this method is used both for a baseline measurement of balance and to progress patients as they recover.

Short-term cardiovascular responses to postural change involve complex interactions between the autonomic nervous system, which regulates blood pressure, and cerebral auto regulation, which maintains cerebral perfusion. A physiologically based change is used to describe effects of gravity on venous blood pooling during postural change. Two types of control mechanisms are included:

1) Autonomic regulation mediated by sympathetic and parasympathetic responses, which affect heart