A Motor Control Intervention of Patients With Forward Head Posture and Persistent Neck Pain - A Single System Experimental Design With 12 Month Follow-up
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 3
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Head posture
研究概览
简要总结
Neck pain is a common problem in the western world. There is a group of people suffering from neck pain with a reduced ability to maintain an upright posture showing a forward head position and an altered muscle function.
The aim of the study was to evaluate a motor control intervention for patients with persistent neck pain and a forward head posture.
This pilot study used a Single System Experimental Design (SSED) with an A-B-A-design and multiple baselines.
The tailored motor control intervention addressed the faulty postural alignment and the deep muscles of the cervical spine.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •20 - 50 years of age with pain originating from the neck for at least three months.
- •A visual forward head posture.
- •Less than105 points on the Örebro musculoskeletal pain screening questionnaire
排除标准
- •neurological dysfunction.
- •former cervical surgery or compression fracture of the spine
- •no mental retardation
- •no physiotherapy treatment during the last 6 months.
结局指标
主要结局
Head posture
时间窗: Effect from baseline to 8 weeks and being maintained to 12 month
The craniovertebral (CV) -angle was used to estimate the cervical curvature and head posture in relation to the thorax being measured with the Head Posture Spinal Curvature Instrument
Muscle function of the deep cervical flexors
时间窗: Effect from baseline to 8 weeks and being maintained to 12 month
The Cranio-Cervical Flexion Test (C-CFT) was used to assess the tonic holding abilities of the deep cervical muscles by using a Pressure biofeedback unit.
次要结局
- Disability(Effect from baseline to 8 weeks and being maintained to 12 month)
- Pain intensity(Effect from baseline to 8 weeks and being maintained to 12 month)
研究者
Peter Michaelson
Senior lecturer, PhD.
Luleå Tekniska Universitet