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Effect of Bruegger's Exercise in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain With Forward Head Posture

NCT07669844 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2026-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of adding Bruegger's exercises on conventional exercise program in treatment of forward head posture.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Core stability exercise

The participants will be treated with conventional core stability exercise; Neck Stability Exercises-Free exercise for cervical spine, Neck isometric exercises (flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation), Wall angle exercises for lower trapezius, Chin tuck, Chin tuck into the towel

OTHER

Bruegger's training

Bruegger's Position of external arm rotation, shoulder abduction and retraction of the scapulae . This position with simultaneous head and neck retraction is a strengthening exercise for deep neck flexors and lower scapular stabilizers. The subjects are instructed to place their feet on the floor completely and keep their knee joints 10 ㎝ below the hip joints in 45° of abduction. The subjects sit hitting their ischial tuberosity on the chair and maintained their physiological curvature for the TL spine. Following external rotation of the glenohumeral joints, tension is relaxed with each inhalation, and depression and retraction of the shoulder girdle are performed with each exhalation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Salwa Abd E-Majeed, Professor · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2026-09-01
Completion
2026-09-16

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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