the Degree of Forward Head Posture and Hamstring Muscles Tightness

Completed

• Conditions: Forward Head Posture

• Registration Number: NCT05785091
• Lead Sponsor: Holy Shaker Iskander Naroz

Brief Summary

is the degree of forward head posture correlated with the degree of hamstring muscles tightness

Detailed Description

I will measure the degree of forward head posture by photogrammetry method and classify the degree according to its severity measuring the hamstring muscles tightness and classify it too according to its severity and calf muscle tightness lumber flexibility and correlate the to the degree of forward the forward head posture and the degree

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-27
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-01
• Study Completion: 2024-02-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 122

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult participants 18-30 of age

2. Craniovertebral angle < 490

3. With or without neck pain

   • subjects with mechanical neck pain (in individual with chronic non-specific neck pain)
   • Subjects are not engaged in any sports or athletic routine Neck disability index >5 points

Exclusion Criteria

.Prevalence of serious pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, malignancy, infection, inflammatory disorders).

Vascular syndrome such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency Cervical spine history of trauma, fracture, congenital anomalies, or surgical intervention .

Progressive neurological deficits .

.History of lumbar and cervical herniated intervertebral disc with spinal stenosis History of neurological (Guillain-Barre, peripheral neuritis) or orthopedic disorders (osteoporosis, osteoarthritis) Moderate or severe scoliosis History of lower extremity fracture and surgery with malunion Leg length discrepancy BMI <18 or BMI >29.9

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation between the degree of forward head posture and hamstring muscles tightness in non specific neck pain	6 month	hamstring muscles tightness is correlated with forward head posture

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation between the degree of forward head posture and hamstring muscles tightness in non specific neck pain	6 month	calf muscle tightness is correlated with forward head posture

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CairoU; 🇪🇬 Giza, Egypt