Sidhu L S, Singal P
Anthropol Anz. 1983;41(1):59-66.
The age changes in spinal curvature of the trunk region in females of the two important communities of Punjab Jat-Sikh and Bania have been studied in the present paper. These two communities are traditionally engaged in different types of occupations, the former being agriculturist and the latter being the trading community. The results are based on a cross-sectional data collected on 502 Jat-Sikh and 510 Bania females ranging in age from 20 to 80 years. A flexicurve has been used to measure kyphosis and lordosis. The kyphosis has been observed to be influenced by weight and spinal length. Therefore, various indices were examined to test their suitability as estimates of measuring kyphosis due to age only. Linear regression of B/H index on age showed an increase in kyphosis with age from age-group 45-49 to 70+. Lordosis has been found to decrease after age-group 45-49.
本文研究了旁遮普邦两个重要社群——贾特-锡克族和巴尼亚族女性躯干区域脊柱弯曲度的年龄变化。这两个社群传统上从事不同类型的职业，前者是农业从业者，后者是贸易社群。研究结果基于对502名年龄在20至80岁之间的贾特-锡克族女性和510名巴尼亚族女性收集的横断面数据。使用柔性曲线测量脊柱后凸和脊柱前凸。已观察到脊柱后凸受体重和脊柱长度影响。因此，检查了各种指数，以测试它们作为仅因年龄导致的脊柱后凸测量估计值的适用性。B/H指数与年龄的线性回归显示，从45 - 49岁年龄组到70岁以上，脊柱后凸随年龄增加。已发现脊柱前凸在45 - 49岁年龄组之后下降。
