The Effectiveness of Corrective Exercise Program on Alignment, Muscle Activation and Biomechanical Properties in Medical Students With Forward Head Posture
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 36
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Craniovertebral angle
研究概览
简要总结
It is aimed to investigate the effect of corrective exercise program on alignment, muscle activation and biomechanical properties of muscles in medical students with forward head posture.
详细描述
Forward head posture (FHP) is a common postural abnormality that can be seen in all age groups. It is characterized by the head position being forward relative to the neck in the sagittal plane. The anterior displacement of the head is mainly assessed through examination of the craniovertebral angle (CVA) and a CVA of ˂50° is described as a FHP. Therapeutic exercises have shown to be effective in FHP and related symptoms in many studies. One of the exercise programs applied is the corrective exercise program. Within the scope of this program, deep cervical flexor muscles and shoulder retractors are strengthened, cervical extensors and pectoral muscles are stretched. This exercise protocol has been reported to provide relief in neck pain, improvement in CVA and shoulder angle. However, the number of studies examining the effect of corrective exercise program for the affected muscle groups in FHP on muscle activation parameters is limited, and there is no study examining the effect on the biomechanical properties of the muscles.
In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of corrective exercise program on alignment, muscle activation and biomechanical properties of muscles in medical students with forward head posture.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 30 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Medical students with a Craniovertebral angle ˂ 50°
排除标准
- •History of chronic pain in cervical region
- •Presence of spinal deformity and malalignment
- •Disease, fracture or surgery affecting the spine-shoulder-pelvic region
- •Presence of malignancy
- •BMI outside the normal range
- •Presence of medical condition that prevents participation in physical exercise program
- •Presence of neuromuscular disease
- •Involvement in regular and professional sports activities
研究组 & 干预措施
Corrective Exercise
Selective corrective exercise program, 8 weeks
干预措施: Corrective exercise program (Other)
Control
Training for proper posture
结局指标
主要结局
Craniovertebral angle
时间窗: Week 8
The angle between the line connecting the seventh cervical vertebra and the tragus of right ear, and the horizontal line. running in the sagittal place through the C7 process
Craniovertebral angle
时间窗: Day 0
The angle between the line connecting the seventh cervical vertebra and the tragus of right ear, and the horizontal line. running in the sagittal place through the C7 process
次要结局
- Surface electromyography (EMG) amplitude (RMS)(Week 8)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle tone)(Week 8)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle stiffness)(Week 8)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle elasticity)(Week 8)
- Surface electromyography (EMG) amplitude (RMS)(Day 0)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle tone)(Day 0)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle stiffness)(Day 0)
- Myotonometer measures (Muscle elasticity)(Day 0)
研究者
Sibel Basaran
Head of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cukurova University