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Strengthening and Stretching Exercise to Improve Forward Head Posture and Rounded Shoulders

NCT04216862 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Forward head posture (FHP) and Rounded shoulders (RS) are defined as protrusion of the head and shoulders in the sagittal plane. Forward head posture is defined as the anterior positioning of the cervical spine. Rounded shoulders also called protracted shoulder (PS) is a protrusion of the acromion of the shoulder joint relative to the centerline of gravity of the body, causing stooped posture along with elevation, protraction, and downward rotation of the scapula, and an increased angle between the lower neck bone and upper spine. Many Physical therapy treatment options are available to correct forward head posture and rounded shoulders which focused to correct the muscle imbalance and restore the normal posture of Cervical spine and shoulder. The objective of this study is to compare the outcomes of Strengthening exercise with the outcomes of stretching exercise on the targeted muscle group to correct forward head posture and rounded shoulders. The study will determine effective management plan for correction of forward head posture and rounded shoulders. It will be Experimental Randomized Controlled Trial. 26 Patients will be included through consecutive sampling, with 13 patients in each of 2 groups. Subjects will be equally distributed to two groups with use of dice roll method of randomization. From the two groups, one receiving strengthening exercise treatment and other receiving stretching exercise treatment. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) V 25.will be used for Data analysis. Results will be extracted. Conclusion will be made after comparing the pre and post treatment results of both treatment approaches.

Conditions

  • Forward Head Posture

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

Different type of exercises for treatment of Forward Head Posture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Danish Hassan, PhD* · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-02-20
Completion
2020-03-01

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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