Journal Issue: SLIIT Journal of Humanities & Sciences (SJHS)
Volume
Volume 02
Number
Issue i
Issue Date
2021
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
2815-0120
Journal Volume
SLIIT Journal of Humanities & Sciences (SJHS)
(Volume 02)
Articles
Effect of General Physical Activity on the Flexibility of Lumbar Spine and Lower Limbs in Healthy Undergraduates: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences (FHS) of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) Malabe, 2021-12-30) Rikas, A. M. M.; Ajmala, H.; Hana, M. H. F.; Herath, H. M. G. S.; Karunaratne, N. G. Y. W.; Senarath, M. K. I. D.; Banneheka, B. M. H. S. K.
Physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for global mortality with flexibility being the key factor for
determining an individual’s health status. This study explored the impact of physical activity on the
flexibility of lumbar spine and lower extremities in undergraduates. It further explored the association
between the flexibility of lumbar spine and lower limbs in individuals who shared the same amount of
physical activity. The sample of 70 undergraduates was chosen from the University of Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka using stratified random sampling method. 35 students from each gender were divided into three
categories (low, moderate, and high) based on their physical activity level evaluated using International
Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form (IPAQ-SF). Modified Schober test was used to measure the
flexibility of lumbar spine while Sit-and-Reach and Groin Flexibility tests were used to measure the
flexibility of lower limbs. The results showed a weak significant correlation between physical activity
and flexibility of lower limbs (r=0.236, p=0.048), but no significant correlation between physical
activity and flexibility of lumbar spine (r=-0.179, p=0.701). It explored a moderate positive significant
correlation between the flexibility of lumbar spine and lower limbs (r= 0.536, p=0.008) in subjects who
were low in physical activity but not in subjects who were moderately and highly physically active.
Furthermore, the study indicated the males to be more flexible in both lumbar spine (22.3) and lower
limbs (7.7) compared to the corresponding values of females (21.4 and 6.7) respectively. Therefore,
it is important to take measures to alleviate the physical inactivity in young adults with low physical
activity to improve the general status of health by preventing the influence of flexibility of one region
on another.
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults’ Recollections of Others’ Reactions to Their Early Gender Non-conformity
(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Munasinghe, K; Marecek, J
Globally, gender non-conforming (GNC)
behaviours are identified as one of the
earliest precursors of same sex orientation.
The role of reactions by key persons such as
parents, teachers and peers to such
behaviours is crucial to sexual identity
development. In Sri Lanka, there are
currently no scholarly data on LGB adults’
recollections of their early experiences,
particularly those involving how others
reacted to their early GNC and gender
atypical behaviours. Through narratives,
this exploratory research paper addresses
this gap by presenting how 26 LGB adults
recalled the manner in which their parents,
teachers, and peers responded to their
gender-atypical and gender non-conforming
behaviours during childhood and
adolescence. A participant-focused thematic
analysis highlighted the following findings:
permissiveness of adults towards childhood
gender non-conformity for both boys and
girls; how adults’ attitudes shifted during
adolescence to be more regulatory; and how
adolescent girls and boys recalled
experientially different reactions to their
GNC behaviours by their peers. These results
suggest the nuances of recollections growing
up as GNC children and adolescents, and the
impact these experiences had on the
acceptance of a sexual identity. Future
research could begin by observing actual
gender nonconformity and gender atypical
behaviours in children and adolescence.
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Keywords
Phenolic Compounds, Fatty Acids, Wild Gooseberry, Blackcurrant, Cumulative Trends, COVID-19, Data Analysis, Physical Activity, Lumbar Spine, Flexibility, Undergraduates, Self-Medication, Health Practices, Computer Vision Syndrome, Academic Staff, COVID-19 Pandemic, Single-Parent Students, Academic Performance, English Lesson Materials, Textbook Analysis, LGBTQ+ Adults, Gender Non-Conformity, English Language Speaking, Reticence, Ambivalence, Road Traffic Accidents, Sri Lanka