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Effects of a Resistance and Stretching Training Program on Forward Head and Protracted Shoulder Posture Adolescents

NCT02190331 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 275

Last updated 2014-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

* To evaluate the effects of a 32-weeks resistance and stretching training program applied in Physical Education classes on forward head and protracted shoulder Portuguese adolescents (15-17 years old).
* To evaluate on adolescents submitted to strength and stretching exercises the effects of a 16-week detraining period after the end of the intervention protocol.

Conditions

  • Posture Disorders in Children

Interventions

OTHER

Interventional program postural correction training

The postural correction training program was applied in the last 15-20 minutes of each PE class, twice a week, with the supervision and help of the PE teacher.

OTHER

Control Group physical education classes

Only performed the physical education classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rodrigo Ruivo, Master · University of Lisbon

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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