The Recovering Strategy on Forward Head Posture in Chinese Adolescents: Tai Chi and Manual Therapy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Forward Head Posture
• Interventions: Behavioral: Manual therapy; Behavioral: Tai Chi; Behavioral: Tai Chi and Manual therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05804539
• Lead Sponsor: Northeast Normal University

Brief Summary

Forward head posture (FHP) is a prevalent deformity that can cause various health issues in adolescents. The programs combining manual therapy (MT) and stability exercises (SE) have shown better effectiveness than stability exercises and home exercises in recovering FHP. However, the effectiveness of the therapy program consisting of Tai Chi and MT for recovering FHP remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of Tai Chi with MT on FHP recovery. Meanwhile, with a particular focus on personalized medicine, we utilized explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to predict if individuals would reverse to healthy posture based on different interventions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study Completion: 2021-07-20
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

1. who was diagnosed as FHP;
2. whose age was between ten to nineteen years old.

Exclusion Criteria

1. who had nervous system disease or musculoskeletal system disease;
2. who had congenital scoliosis or congenital malformation disease;
3. who participated in other sports training;
4. who participated in other training program in the past of three months before the beginning of the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual therapy	Manual therapy	Each lesson has a duration of 40 minutes, including the first five minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of manual therapy and the last five minutes of cool-down.
Tai Chi	Tai Chi	Each lesson has a duration of 40 minutes, including the first five minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of Tai Chi and the last five minutes of cool-down.
Tai Chi and Manual therapy	Tai Chi and Manual therapy	Each lesson has a duration of 40 minutes, including the first five minutes of warm-up, 15-min Tai Chi exercise and 15-min manual therapy, with the order of intervention being Tai Chi exercise first and then manual therapy, and the last five minutes of cool-down.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Using photogrammetry to calculate the cranial vertebral angle of participants before and after the intervention.	Month 3	Participants' cranial vertebral angles before and after the intervention will be measured using photogrammetry to assess the change in cranial vertebral angle at 3 months compared to baseline.
Using universal goniometer to calculate the cervical range of motion of participants before and after the intervention.	Month 3	Participants' cervical range of motion before and after the intervention will be measured using universal goniometer to assess the change in cranial vertebral angle at 3 months compared to baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology; 🇨🇳 Changchun, Jilin, China