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Assessing the Relationship between Body Composition and Spinal Curvatures in Young Adults Ferruh Taspinar Ismail Saracoglu Emrah Afsar Eda O Okur Gulce K Seyyar Gamze KurtBetul Taspinar<p><strong>Introduction</strong>:&nbsp; Although&nbsp; it&nbsp; is&nbsp; thought&nbsp; that&nbsp; abdominal adiposity&nbsp; is&nbsp; one&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; risk&nbsp; factor&nbsp; for&nbsp; postural&nbsp; deviation, such as increased lumbar lordosis, the&nbsp; studies&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; literature&nbsp; only&nbsp; explored&nbsp; the&nbsp; effects&nbsp; of&nbsp; body mass index on spinal alignment and postural changes. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation with detailed body composition and spine alignment in healthy young adults. </p><p><strong>Materials and Methods</strong>:This cross-sectional study was conducted with sixty seven healthy volunteers (37 men and 30 women)&nbsp; whose&nbsp; ages&nbsp; ranged&nbsp; between 18 and 25&nbsp; years.All participants’ sagittal spinal&nbsp; curvatures of lumbar and thoracic region were measured via Spinal mouse® (Idiag, Fehraltorf,&nbsp; Switzerland).Also, body composition analysis (total fat ratio, total muscle ratio, visceral fat ratio, and body muscle ratio) estimation by means of bio electrical impedance were evaluated via Tanita Bc&nbsp; 418&nbsp; Ma&nbsp; Segmental Body Composition Analyzer (Tanita, Japan).Pearson’s correlation was used to analysis among the variables. </p><p><strong>Results</strong>:The mean lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis angles were 21.02°±9.39, 41.50°±7.97,&nbsp; respectively.Statistically&nbsp; analysis&nbsp; showed&nbsp; a&nbsp; significant positive correlation between total fat ratio and&nbsp; lumbar lordosis angle (r=0.28, p=0.02).Similarly, there was a positive correlation between visceral fat ratio and lumbar lordosis angle (r=0.27, p=0.03). The thoracic kyphosis angle showed also positive correlation with total fat ratio (r=0.33,p=0.00) and visceral fat ratio (r=0.40,p=0.01).The total muscle ratio showed&nbsp; negative correlation between lumbar lordosis (r=-0.28,p=0.02) and thoracic kyphosis angles (r=-0.33,&nbsp; p=0.00), although there was no statistically correlation between trunk muscle ratio,lumbar and thoracic curvatures (p&gt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>:The&nbsp; study&nbsp; demonstrated&nbsp; that&nbsp; an&nbsp; increase&nbsp; of&nbsp; fat&nbsp; ratio&nbsp; and&nbsp; decrease&nbsp; of&nbsp; muscle&nbsp; ratio&nbsp; in abdominal region or whole body shifts the spinal alignment which may adversely affect the spinal loading.Therefore, body composition should be taken into account in spine rehabilitation.</p> Archives of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy - Peertechz Publications 2017-06-01 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/asmp.000005 en Copyright © Ferruh Taspinar et al.