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Biomechanical analysis of cervico-thoracic region in school going children having chronic mouth breathing

Biomechanical analysis of cervico-thoracic region among school going children with chronic mouth breathing

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/11/038287
Enrollment
76
Registered
2021-11-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

MGM Institute of Physiotherapy
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants of both genders between ages of 5 to 12 years. 2. Patients who had diagnosed with chronic mouth breathing using guidelines given by clinical recognition of mouth breathers. 3. Persistent mouth breathing since minimum of 3 months. 4. Guardian ââ?¬â?? willing to participate in study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants having Any history of upper back pain and neck pain 2. History of craniofacial malformation. 3. History of musculoskeletal disease (like Rickets and Perthââ?¬•s disease ,osteogenesis imperfecta) 4. History of orthopedic trauma ( injury to head ,neck and face region) 5. Any history of chronic respiratory diseases(asthma ) 6. Subjects having any history of neurological disorders( Cerebral palsy, Muscular dystrophies , Autism) 7. History of Cardiovascular diseases (TOF) 8. Subjects undergone any surgical procedure like adeno-tonsillectomy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Cervical spine alignment Cervico-thoracic spine mobilityTimepoint: 20 Minutes—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Cervical ROMTimepoint: 5 minutes—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sayali Bhalge

MGM Institute of Physiotherapy

wanisuren@gmail.com9960473324

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026