scholarly journals EFFCIENCY OF TELEREHABILITATION ON PAIN AND FORWARD HEAD POSTURE AMONG STUDENTS WITH NONSPECIFIC NECK PAIN IN PANDEMIC SITUATION – A QUASI EXPERIMENTALSTUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Dharshini Chittybabu ◽  
Prakash Jayabalan ◽  
Sivakumar S ◽  
Tittu Thomas James
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Exercise Protocol ◽  
Screening Criteria ◽  
Forward Head Posture ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Head Posture ◽  
Significant Statistical Difference ◽  
Post Test

INTRODUCTION: The neck pain and forward head posture are the most prevailing condition among the college students due to increased smart phone usage and causes activity limitation. At current situation providing rehabilitation via face to face increases the risk of spread of the pandemic(COVID 19). The deep neck flexor strengthening and ergonomic correction via telerehabilitation improves the functional activity among college students and limits the spread of disease. MATREIALS AND METHODOLGY: Subjects with (n=15), who fulfil the screening criteria were given the exercise protocol that is deep neck flexor strengthening and ergonomic correction via telerehabilitation mode for a period of 4 weeks and the outcome measures included neck pain and forward head posture. RESULT: There is a significant statistical difference between pre test and post test values of pain and forward head posture. CONCLUSION: Telerehabilitation platform provides a greater efficiency for treating pain and forward head posture among college students in pandemic situation.

Acute Effects of Posture Shirts on Rounded-Shoulder and Forward-Head Posture in College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Manor ◽  
Elizabeth Hibberd ◽  
Meredith Petschauer ◽  
Joseph Myers
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Shoulder Pain ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Acute Effects ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Forward Head Posture ◽  
Head Posture ◽  
History Of

Context:Rounded-shoulder and forward-head posture can be contributing factors to shoulder pain. Corrective techniques such as manual therapy and exercise have been shown to improve these altered postures, but there is little evidence that corrective garments such as posture shirts can alter posture.Objectives:To determine the acute effects of corrective postureshirt use on rounded-shoulder and forward-head posture in asymptomatic college students.Design:Repeated-measures intervention study with counterbalanced conditions.Setting:Research laboratory.Participants:24 members of the general student body of a university, 18–25 y old, with a forward shoulder angle (FSA) >52° and no history of upper-extremity surgery, scoliosis, active shoulder pain, or shoulder pain in the previous 3 mo that restricted participation for 3 consecutive days.Interventions:Photographic posture assessment under a control condition, under a sham or treatment condition (counterbalanced), under another control condition, and treatment or sham.Main Outcome Measures:FSA and forward head angle (FHA) calculated from a lateral photograph.Results:FSA decreased relative to the control condition while participants wore the sham shirt (P = .029) but not the corrective posture shirt (P = 1.00). FHA was unchanged between groups (P = .371).Conclusions:Application of a corrective posture shirt did not acutely alter FSA or FHA, while application of a sham shirt may decrease FSA at rest.

scholarly journals Effect of Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Training Using Pressure Biofeedback on Pain and Forward Head Posture in School Teachers with Neck Pain: An Observational Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ahmad H. Alghadir ◽  
Zaheen A. Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Muscle Training ◽  
Flexor Muscle ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Forward Head Posture ◽  
Head Posture ◽  
Pressure Biofeedback

Background. Teaching is one of the professions where incidence and prevalence of neck pain is high. Prolonged use of computers, which has further increased due to online teaching amid pandemic, is known to cause neck pain and alter posture, while people with forward head posture (FHP) are prone to develop neck pain and related disability. Research has shown that impairment of deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscles leads to insufficiency in coordination, activation, overload, and poor support on cervical structures that further lead to development of neck pain and altered neck posture. The objective of this study was to see the effect of DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback on pain and FHP in school teachers with neck pain. Methods. This observational study was conducted at medical center in school premises. Fifty-five school teachers aged between 25 and 40 years with experience of more than 5 years were invited to participate in this study. Subjects were divided in two groups. Both the groups received conventional exercises while in experimental group DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback was given additionally. Pain and FHP were assessed using NPRS and cranio-vertebral angle using digital photograph technique, respectively, at baseline and end of four weeks of treatment. Results. Although pain and FHP improved in both the groups, mean improvement in both the measures was more in the group that also received DCF training using pressure biofeedback. Conclusions. This study shows that although pain and FHP improved following conventional exercises in school teachers with neck pain, mean improvement was more significant among those who received additional DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback.

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