Oka Gauri A, Ranade Ashish S, Shinde Mayur K, Pore Prasad D
Central Research and Publication Unit, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune, India.
Blooming Buds Centre for Pediatric Orthopaedics, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Front Pediatr. 2025 Aug 12;13:1582984. doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1582984. eCollection 2025.
Studies have shown that excessive screen time exposure and a lack of physical exercise are associated with nonspecific back pain in adolescents. Reduced screen time exposure and Surya Namaskars (Sun Salutations) have physical and psychological benefits. We aim to test a novel comprehensive school-based intervention module-Screen time reduction and Surya Namaskars (SanSKAR) for reducing the proportion of school-going adolescents reporting nonspecific back pain. The word "sanskar" originates in Sanskrit and roughly means good values or actions.
The study will be conducted in one of the six geographic divisions of a state in western India. 540 adolescent students from randomly selected urban and rural schools across five districts of this division will be included after informed assent and parental consent. Students' heights, weights, school bag weights, and the presence and characteristics of back pain will be recorded with an on-site clinical examination by a pediatric orthopedic surgeon to rule out specific causes. Those with nonspecific back pain will perform SanSKAR: at least 12 Surya Namaskars daily at least five days a week for 16 weeks with screen time exposure of not more than 60 min per day. Post-intervention outcomes (proportion of students with back pain and its severity) will be measured at 8 weeks and 16 weeks.
This study will help test a novel multipronged school-based intervention for back pain in adolescents. The results could inform practice changes for nonspecific back pain in school-going adolescents.
identifier (CTRI/2024/07/070522).
研究表明，青少年长时间暴露于屏幕和缺乏体育锻炼与非特异性背痛有关。减少屏幕暴露时间和进行拜日式（太阳致敬式）对身体和心理有益。我们旨在测试一种新型的基于学校的综合干预模块——减少屏幕时间和拜日式（SanSKAR），以降低报告有非特异性背痛的在校青少年比例。“sanskar”一词源于梵语，大致意为良好的价值观或行为。
该研究将在印度西部一个邦的六个地理分区之一进行。在获得知情同意和家长同意后，将纳入该分区五个区随机选取的城乡学校的540名青少年学生。儿科骨科医生将通过现场临床检查记录学生的身高、体重、书包重量以及背痛的存在情况和特征，以排除特定病因。患有非特异性背痛的学生将进行SanSKAR：每周至少五天，每天至少进行12次拜日式，持续16周，同时每天屏幕暴露时间不超过60分钟。干预后8周和16周将测量结果（背痛学生的比例及其严重程度）。
本研究将有助于测试一种针对青少年背痛的新型多方面基于学校的干预措施。研究结果可为在校青少年非特异性背痛的实践改变提供参考。
标识符（CTRI/2024/07/070522）。
