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Comparison of Craniocervical Flexion and Scapular Stabilization Exercises in Forward Head Posture and Neck Pain

NCT04557904 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2020-09-22

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Summary

The aim of this research is to compare the effects of craniocervical flexion exercises and scapular stabilization exercises in reducing neck pain and forward head posture among females wearing head scarves. Quasi experimental trials done at Akhtar Saeed Trust hospital, Falah o Behbud Associations and Medicare Hospital (Lahore, Pakistan). A sample size of 50 patients was taken using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Subjects were randomly divided into 2 groups. Subjects in group A were treated with craniocervical flexion exercises and the subjects in group B were treated with scapular stabilization exercises with 25 subjects in each group. Pretreatment evaluation was done using numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) and neck disability index (NDI) as subjective measurement and Goniometry for assisted range of motion (AROM) and plumb line method for measuring head posture as objective measurement. The baseline values for all dependent variables were recorded on day one and at the end of 4th week.

Conditions

  • Cervical Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Craniocervical flexion exercises

Command the subject to be in crook lying position. Lock their finger to place their finger below the skull and retract the lower jaw and retract chin as far as possible. Subject has to slightly raise his/he skull a few centimeters. Fingers should be touching the cranium but not supporting it. Subject had to respire and hold the position. Subject has the move out the chin. Stop exercise and restart again. Perform this exercise for 10 times by holding this position for 20 sec at the start of the exercise, increasing it by 10 seconds every session commonly underwent pectoralis minor stretching before every session of exercise of 4 sets with 30 second's hold

OTHER

Scapular stabilization exercises

The scapular stabilization exercises were made up of four stages: (1) In supine position, the patient was commanded to deep respire for the sake of relaxation by maintain the cervical and shoulder in relaxing position to take a deep breath to relax the body while holding her shoulders and neck in relaxing position. (2) The patient then flex her knees and placed her feet flat on the plinth, and maintain the pose without any cervical movement. Then the patient asked to raise her dominant arm to 90° shoulder flexion with full elbow extension and scapular protraction. This position was sustained for 10 seconds before going to initial position. Three laps of 10 repetitions with one-minute interval in between were performed. (3) In quadruped position, the patient raise her arms alternatively with shoulder abduction and 120 ° flexion. That posture was held for 10 seconds before returning to the starting position. (4) In sitting position

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rabiya Noor, PHD · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-15
Primary Completion
2019-02-20
Completion
2019-03-15

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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