Thoracic Spine Nonthrust Mobilization and Mobility Exercise Versus Cervical Spine Nonthrust Mobilization and Stabilization Exercise in Patients With Forward Head Posture

Thoracic Spine Nonthrust Mobilization and Mobility Exercise Versus Cervical Spine Nonthrust Mobilization and Stabilization Exercise in Patients With Forward Head Posture: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0002307

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-11

Start date

2016-11-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : The study period was 6 weeks long, and the pre- and post-treatment evaluation involved 10 interventions over 4 weeks and a follow-up re-evaluation was conducted after 2 weeks. Part

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: To be eligible for inclusion, patients must present with a primary complaint of neck pain, be 20–29 years of age, report Forwardhead posture symptoms, and have a numeric pain rating scale score of at least 20%.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients were excluded if they exhibited any red flags (eg, tumor, fracture, cancer), a diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis, a history of whiplash injury within the past 3 months, prior surgery to the cervical or thoracic spine, or presented with positive neurologic signs consistent with nerve root compression.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
craniovertebral angle	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cervical range of motion ;Neck disability index ;Numeric pain rating scale ;Pressure pain threshold ;Global rating of change	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactCHO CHUL

Sahmyook University

bbangil11@hanmail.net+82-42-600-6708

Outcome results