Conventional Neck Exercise With and Without Scapular Corrective Exercises in Patients With Forward Head Posture

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Forward Head Posture

Treatments: Other: scapular corrective exercises; Other: conventional neck exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05338814

REC/Lhr/22/0141 Rida

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of conventional neck exercises with and without scapular corrective exercises on pain, cervical range of motion and disability in patients with forward head posture

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• forward head posture
• complain of pain for at least 3months
• no history of any therapeutic interventions for the last 3months

Exclusion criteria

• history of whiplash injury
• any cervical surgery
• previous history of significant trauma
• fracture of cervical or scapula
• neurological impairments
• cervicogenic head ache

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

conventional neck exercises & scapular corrective exercise

Experimental group

Description:

isometric \& stretching exercises of neck plus scapular corrective exercise

Treatment:

Other: scapular corrective exercises

Other: conventional neck exercises

conventional neck exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

isometric \& stretching exercises of neck

Treatment:

Other: conventional neck exercises