Effectiveness of manual therapy versus deep cervical flexors exercise in individuals with forward head posture

Effect of manual therapy and therapeutic exercises on pain, respiratory function in individuals with forward head posture: a randomized clinical trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0002315

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-19

Start date

2016-11-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : The period of this study is a total of 6 weeks, the evaluation before and after treatment was conducted after applying 10 times interventions for 4 weeks and follow-up revaluation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: To be eligible for inclusion, patients had to present with a primary complaint of neck pain the age from 20 to 29, those who indicate the Forward head posture symptom, and to 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 3months, prior surgery to the cervical or thoracic spine, presented with positive neurologic signs consistent with nerve root compression.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
respiratory function	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Numeric Pain Rating Scale;craniovertebral angle;Global rating of change scale	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactCHO CHUL

Sahmyook University

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

Outcome results