The effect of neck and scapula stabilization exercises on pain, scapula alignment, forward head angle and range of motion in patients with chronic neck pain and scapular dyskinesia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pre- post
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000043938
- Lead Sponsor
- kharazmi university
- Brief Summary
Assessed for eligibility (n= 130) Randomized (n= 72)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria were any previous shoulder or neck surgery, fibromyalgia, cervical radiculopathy/myelopathy, having undergone any physical therapy intervention in the previous 3 months or poor general health status that would interfere with the exercises during the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain intensity.Pain intensity measured by the visual analog scale (VAS). The patients will be instructed to grade their average intensity of neck pain experienced in the past week on a 0-10 cm horizontal line (0 = no pain and 10 = worst pain imaginable). A change of two points or more was identified as the minimal clinically important difference in patients with chronic neck pain 18.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method scapula alignment, forward head angle, and range of motion.