rounded shoulder posture. abnormal posture, other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: control group: pectoralis minor stretching exercise, two weeks, daily with 3 repetition, 30 second holding. Intervention 2: intervention group: scapular kinesiotaping and pectoralis mi
Rehabilitation
control group: pectoralis minor stretching exercise, two weeks, daily with 3 repetition, 30 second holding
intervention group: scapular kinesiotaping and pectoralis minor stretching exercise. kinesiotape replace five time in two week. stretching exercise should do daily, with 3 repetition and 30 second hol
Sponsors
Vice chancellor for medical sciences research of Iran University of medical sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
17 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
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
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAli Amiri
Department of physiotherapy, school of rehabilitation sciences,Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed