Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Musculoskeletal Diseases forward head posture
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: If the craniovertebral angle angle <50, then a participant will participate in the study Patients will be included if they were 18 years of age or over. have unilateral or bilateral chronic neck pain more than 3 months duration. will be able to attend a full course of 18 treatments given three times a week
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: the presence of any of the following: (i) systemic pathology including any inflammatory joint disease. (ii) prior history of overt injury or surgery relating to the musculoskeletal system. disorder related to the spine and extremities. (iii) musculoskeletal pain in the last three months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cervical sagittal alignment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neurophysiological findings :central somatosensory conduction time , and amplitudes of spinal N13, brainstem P14, parietal N20 and P27, and frontal N30 potentials addition to amplitude and latency of sympathetic skin response | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
professor Basic science department,Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University