Postural Correction Exercises Effect on Forward Head Posture

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorder of the Neck

Treatments: Other: Postural correction exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05905094

REC/RCR&AHS/23/3003

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of postural correction exercise in universities students regarding cervical sagittal posture, head flexion angle in forward head posture.

Full description

Informed consent will be taken from the participants, then we move further toward their demographics which will lead to initial readings after completion of authenticated questionnaire, then application of performing technique/exercise protocol by therapist and note the measurements again then interpret and analyze the data through data analyzing software which will lead to conclude the process.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• University students of age between 18 to 30 years.
• Smart devices addictions for one or more than one year and 2 h per day.
• CVA of less than 54°.
• Smartphone Addicted scale - short version SAS-SV

Exclusion criteria

• History of neurological symptoms and surgery to the neck and/or upper limbs.
• Smart devices usage less than one year.
• Unable to perform the exercises

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Postural correction exercises

Experimental group

Description:

cervical retraction, shoulder shrugging, neck isometrics,

Treatment:

Other: Postural correction exercises