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Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide versus Myofascial Release on Respiratory Muscles Activity in Forward Head Posture

Phase 1
Conditions
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Registration Number
PACTR202005710448178
Lead Sponsor
faculty of physical therapy cairo university
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

1- Forward head posture.
2-Chronic neck patient is defined as neck pain with duration of more than 3 Months(Medina-Mirapeix et al., 2009)
3-Inculde male and female patients
4-Patients age =30 up to 50 years
5- Nonspecific neck pain
6- patients with cervical spondylosis

Exclusion Criteria

1-Patients with any chest diseases
2-Smoker patients
3-Patients with heart failure
4- Patients with neurological disease affecting respiratory muscles or any muscular dystrophies
5-Patients with previous cervical or thoracic surgery
6- Patients that are unable to rate their neck pain on Numeric Rating scale (NRS)
7-Those with any musculoskeletal abnormalities as kyphosis, scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
e.m.g of respiratory muscles before and after treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
pain and posture
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