TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sara Abdelrahman Elsayed Hassan Aboud, 
AU  - Ashraf Ahmed Abd Elmoneim
AU  - Ebtesam Mohamed Fahmy
AU  - Mohamed Helayel Marzouk Helayel
TI  - Impact Of Craniovertebral Angle On Dizziness And Risk Of Falling In Cervical  Radiculopathy Patients / 
U1  - 615.82 
PY  - 2024///
KW  - Physical Therapy
KW  - qrmak
KW  - Craniovertebral angle
KW  - Cervical proprioception
KW  - Joint position error
KW  - Risk of falling
KW  - Fear of falling
KW  - Cervical radiculopathy
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.)-Cairo University, 2024.; Bibliography: pages 79-96; Issued also as CD
N2  - Background: Cervical radiculopathy (CR) is a set of symptoms caused by
compression or irritation of the cervical spinal nerve root. Forward head posture
(FHP) is the most common postural abnormality. Cervicogenic dizziness is closely
related to neck pain, neck trauma, or neck disease affecting 20% to 30% of people in
working age (18 to 65). Purpose: To investigate the impact of changes in craniovertebral
angle on cervicogenic dizziness and the risk of falling in patients with
cervical radiculopathy. Methods: Fifty patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy
(degenerative type) manifested by cervicogenic dizziness from both sex were enrolled
in this study. Their ages ranged from 35 to 50 years. They were assigned into two
equal groups; the study group (GI) included 25 patients with forward head posture
(FHP) (CVA less than 49°) and the control group (GII) included 25 patients without
forward head posture (FHP) (CVA≥55°). Craniovertebral angle was measured by
Kinovea software program, Cervical joint position error (JPE) was measured via
Cervical range of motion (CROM), Cervicogenic dizziness was assessed via Dizziness
Handicap Inventory Questionnaire (DHI), risk of falling was assessed by Berg
Balance Scale (BBS) and fear of falling was assessed by Fall Efficacy Scale-
International (FES-I). Results: There was a significant decrease in mean scores of
(BBS), with significant increase in JPE (Neutral head repositioning (NHR) and Target
head repositioning (THR) and mean scores of (DHI) and (FES-I) in the study group
(GI) compared to the control group (GII) (P<0.05). There was a statistically strong
significant positive correlation between degree of CVA and scores of BBS and a
statistically significant negative correlation between degree of CVA and JPE (NHR
and THR) and scores of (DHI) and (FES-I)) (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Forward head
posture (FHP) is associated with high joint position sense error indicating impaired
cervical proprioception, severe cervicogenic dizziness, high risk of falling and
increased fear of falling in patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy
ER  -