The effect of six weeks of neck stability exercises on pain and functional disability of employees with forward head deformity
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1374-SSRC
Authors
1دانشگاه رجا
2دانشگاه صنعتی امیر کبیر
3دانشگاه خوارزمی
4دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction and purpose: forward Head deformity is the most common complication in the neck area and among different people. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of six weeks of neck stability exercises on pain and functional disability in men with forward head deformity.
Research method: The current research is applied and semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. For this purpose, 30 people were selected as a sample from the statistical population, which included employees of the armed forces aged 30 to 55 years with forward head deformity, and were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. For the test group, exercises were done for six weeks and three sessions a week. which was done to evaluate pain from Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and for functional disability from neck disability index (NDI). Shapiro-Wilk test was used for data normality and t test was used to analyze the findings with a significance level of P<0.05 and SPSS version 21 software.
Findings: The results of statistical analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in the test group compared to the control group in the variable of pain (P=0.00) and also the test group had a significant improvement in the variable of functional disability compared to the control group (P=0.00).
Conclusion: The results of this research show that performing neck stability exercises for people with forward head deformity has an effect on pain and functional disability. Probably, due to the effect on the neuromuscular mechanism, these exercises can be considered as a safe and effective training method in improving forward head deformity.
Introduction and purpose: forward Head deformity is the most common complication in the neck area and among different people. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of six weeks of neck stability exercises on pain and functional disability in men with forward head deformity.
Research method: The current research is applied and semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. For this purpose, 30 people were selected as a sample from the statistical population, which included employees of the armed forces aged 30 to 55 years with forward head deformity, and were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. For the test group, exercises were done for six weeks and three sessions a week. which was done to evaluate pain from Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and for functional disability from neck disability index (NDI). Shapiro-Wilk test was used for data normality and t test was used to analyze the findings with a significance level of P<0.05 and SPSS version 21 software.
Findings: The results of statistical analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in the test group compared to the control group in the variable of pain (P=0.00) and also the test group had a significant improvement in the variable of functional disability compared to the control group (P=0.00).
Conclusion: The results of this research show that performing neck stability exercises for people with forward head deformity has an effect on pain and functional disability. Probably, due to the effect on the neuromuscular mechanism, these exercises can be considered as a safe and effective training method in improving forward head deformity.
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