EFFECTS OF BODY-BLADE EXERCISES ON NECK POSTURE, FUNCTION, AND MUSCLE STRENGTH IN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Forward Head Posture

Treatments: Device: body blade(BB); Other: hot pack and exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04743427

Forward head posture treatment

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of adding Body-blade exercises to traditional treatment on posture, scapular muscles strength, neck pain, and function in individuals with forward head posture

Full description

Many studies have proposed that the Body-blade may be a more effective tool for activating the muscles employed during the training and rehabilitation of the shoulder and trunk than traditional interventions such as cuff weights and Therabands. There is few literature which studied the effect of Body-blade exercises on neck problems. So there is insufficient evidence for their effectiveness on improving forward head posture.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria :

1. Participants with FHP of both genders
2. Age range from 20-40 years
3. craniovertebral angle (CVA) less than 52 degrees

Exclusion Criteria :

1. Patients with a previous diagnosis of a musculoskeletal system disease over the last 6 months,
2. severely unstable spine
3. osteoporosis
4. vascular disease
5. cervical or shoulder neurological movement disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

physical therapy inervention

Experimental group

Description:

1. hot pack 2. Three active exercises

Treatment:

Other: hot pack and exercises

Body-blade exercises in addition to physical therapy intervention

Experimental group

Description:

1. Three Body-blade exercises will be performed in random order (Two sets of, 3-minute exercise and 5-minute break, for each exercise ) 2. hot pack 3. Three active exercises

Treatment:

Device: body blade(BB)

Other: hot pack and exercises