Correlation of Waist Hip Ratio with Standing Stork Test among College Students

Background: Standing stork test is a balance test which is used to assess the static balance state of an individual. Waist Hip Ratio is the measure of dimensionless ratio of waist circumference to the hip circumference. So this study was done to check how much Waist Hip Ratio plays a major role in standing stork balance test. The aim of the study is to find the correlation of Waist Hip Ratio with standing stork test among the college students.

Methodology: 30 participants of age 18-25 years, SRM college of physiotherapy participants were separated into four groups based on the category of the WHR norms. Each group of participants was asked to perform the standing stork balance test. Three trails were conducted and the mean value was noted. The outcome measures were done by standing stork balance test. The participants with recent fracture in leg, diabetes, any neurological conditions like CVA, vertigo, tinnitus were excluded in this study

Results and Conclusion: The mean values, standard deviation and p values are calculated and tabulated. The p value of Waist Hip Ratio (excellent, good and fair) categories are greater than 0.05 with Standing Stork Balance test. Hence, all the three categories of the Waist Hip Ratio do not correlate with the Standing Stork Balance test.