Effect of kinesiotaping and stretching exercise on shoulder positional parameter in female subject with rounded shoulder posture
Phase 2
- Conditions
- rounded shoulder posture.abnormal posture, other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systemsR29.8,R29.
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014121620330N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for medical sciences research of Iran University of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
inclusion criteria: age between 18-30 years; female; rounded shoulder posture(forward shoulder angle equal or more than 52 degree); pectoralis minor shortness; body mass index equal or less than 24/9 Kg/m2; scapular retractor strength equal or more than 3 in manual muscle testing
exclusion criteria:skin abnormal reaction to kinesiotape; history of surgery or trauma in shoulder, cervicothoracic and temporomandibular; pain in shoulder, cervical and thoracic region; structural postural abnormality like scoliosis
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Forward shoulder angle. Timepoint: preintervention- immadiatly after first intervention- fourth day-end of intervention. Method of measurement: Forward shoulder angle measurement by using MB-ruler after digital photography by degree scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method