Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide versus Myofascial Release on Respiratory Muscles Activity in Forward Head Posture

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202005710448178

Enrollment

Registered

2020-05-25

Start date

2019-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

SUSTAINED NATURAL APOPHYSEAL GLIDE ON RESPIRATORY MUSCLES ACTIVITY IN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE ON RESPIRATORY MUSCLES ACTIVITY

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1- Forward head posture. 2-Chronic neck patient is defined as neck pain with duration of more than 3 Months(Medina-Mirapeix et al., 2009) 3-Inculde male and female patients 4-Patients age =30 up to 50 years 5- Nonspecific neck pain 6- patients with cervical spondylosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1-Patients with any chest diseases 2-Smoker patients 3-Patients with heart failure 4- Patients with neurological disease affecting respiratory muscles or any muscular dystrophies 5-Patients with previous cervical or thoracic surgery 6- Patients that are unable to rate their neck pain on Numeric Rating scale (NRS) 7-Those with any musculoskeletal abnormalities as kyphosis, scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
e.m.g of respiratory muscles before and after treatment	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
pain and posture	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contactahmed mohamed mekhemar omran

p.h.d. student

dr.a.m.omran@gmail.com00201008474644

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026