Body Posture Awareness and Its Application in the Seated Position

Abstract

Postural awareness, as a very important component of youth postural education, is the ability to be subjectively aware of posture position as a consequence of self-perceptual information. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between cognitive level and practical action regarding postural attitudes. Participants in our study were students from Albanian University and the Sports University of Tirana (N = 286; aged 22±3). In order to identify the level of our students' body posture knowledge and how they applied it in their everyday lives, we used a closed body posture questionnaire. We used an internet platform to distribute the prepared questionnaire and gather the necessary data in accordance with the study's objective. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20, and a descriptive analysis was utilized to list the characteristics of a data set and the chi-square calculator test (2x2) to generate reasonable information about the impact of cognitive level on posture. In our study, results showed that most of the students were aware of the proper body posture for many different everyday tasks. The proper position during standing was selected by 92% of the participants; washing by 82%; gardening by 81%; and carrying heavy objects by 73%, except for the right sleeping position, which was correctly chosen only by 44%. Furthermore, 91% of the participants reported that they knew enough about posture position, but only 52% reported sitting in a proper way in daily life. The cognitive level was discovered to be important but not the only influencer on postural awareness and its practical action. However, its combination with physical activity might result in a better mind-body correlation. Further research is required to influence the rate of sitting posture awareness and its practical action by utilizing a large sample size of participants from diverse educational institutions. Based on our findings and conclusions, the study demonstrated that physical education teachers need to recognize postural behaviour issues.