Effect of Donning Headscarf on Dynamic Balance in Young Females

Background: The present study will help to determine if balance in young females is affected due to donning of headscarf and will help in planning preventive strategies. Material & Methods: Study Design- Cross sectional study design, Setting- Subjects were selected from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi -110062. Subjects were selected for the study according to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Methods of Sampling- Sample of convenience. Instrumentation/Tools/Scales- Goniometer, Standardized tape measure, Weighing machine, Stadiometer and Y Test Kit. Statistical Analysis-The data was managed on an excel spreadsheet and was analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences for windows) software, Version 20. Student’s t-test was used to analyse the data and level of significance was kept at 0.05. Results: The purpose of conducting this study was to find out the effect of wearing head scarf on dynamic balance, which was conducted on females of Jamia Hamdard. This study was conducted on 98 young adult female university students. Out of which 49 subjects wore headscarf (Experimental group) for at least 1-year and rest 49 subjects did not wear a headscarf (Control group) It was observed that there was a statistically significant effect of wearing headscarf on dynamic balance in young adult females between the two groups. Conclusion: The present study was conducted to see the effect of donning a headscarf on balance in young females. A total of 98 subjects were included in the present study and divided into the control and experimental group. The results of the study indicated that the control group had better balance as compared to the experimental group by Y balance test indicating that donning of headscarf affects balance in young females. Hence null hypothesis is rejected and experimental hypothesis is accepted.