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Comparison Of The Neck And Scapular Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercises On Postural Disorders, Scapular Dyskinesia And Round Shoulders in Individuals With Cervical Sagittal Alignment Disorder.

NCT04865926 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2022-04-29

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Summary

In modern society, repetitive and monotonous activities are increasing due to the decrease in general physical activity, the development of the information technology industry, and time culture flow. Therefore, prolonged exposure to unstable or abnormal posture can trigger a chain reaction of poor alignment and imbalance, leading to musculoskeletal diseases such as muscle stiffness or repetitive traumatic injury.

Sagittal cervical malalignment (SCM), and also known as Forward head posture (FHP), is one of the poor posture types of the head commonly seen in the sagittal plane. İt is defined as the forward shift of the head. As the head moves forward, the center of gravity changes. To compensate for this shift in the center of gravity, the upper body slides back and the shoulders move forward, the rounded shoulder develops so that the head is placed in front of the body.

SCM can cause many harmful symptoms such as neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, chronic headaches, increased curvature of the spine and scapular dyskinesis, and rounded shoulder.

Conditions

  • Forward Head Posture
  • Sagittal Cervical Malalignment
  • Rounded Shouler
  • Scapular Dyskinesis

Interventions

OTHER

Scapular and Neck Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation exercises

The researcher will perform a total of 12 sessions of scapular and neck pnf exercises for 4 weeks. The participants will apply PNF exercises using rhythmic initiation, rhythmic stabilization and cobination techniques of isotonics. Patterns of anterior elevation, posterior depression, anterior depression, posterior elevation will be used in scapular exercises. Upper cervical flexion, lower cervical flexion, rotation and lateral flexion patterns will be used in neck pnf exercises.

OTHER

McKenzie and Kendall exercises

Kendall and Mckenzie exercises will be given to the participants as a home workout. The self-stretch exercise methods are as followed: Placing both hands on the shoulders and pushing out the chest, placing one hand over the shoulder and grasp the elbow of the turned hand, with the other hand over the head and slowly pull it inward, throwback the head until it has reached the fully stretched point, look straight ahead and slowly turn the head horizontally until the maximum value is reached, throwback the head, and turn it until it has reached the fully stretched point, lower the head turn it until it has reached the maximal point. Stretching pectoralis muscle, strengthening shoulder retraction, strengthening the deep cervical flexors, strengthening the deep cervical flexors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eastern Mediterranean University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-22
Primary Completion
2022-01-30
Completion
2022-01-30

Countries

  • Cyprus

Study Locations

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