Effect of selected endurance training program in treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain / Nehad Mohamed Abdelnabi Mousa ; Supervised Alaa Eldin Abdelhakim Balbaa , Mohamed Maher Saeid

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Background: Chronic neck pain is a common condition affecting many large proportion of population all over the world and in our society. Many physical therapy approaches used to treat neck pain, there is high evidence that exercises are effective but still a great debate about which type is more effective. Purpose: to investigate the effect of selected endurance training program frequency on patient's response (pain, function, cervical position sense, and neck flexor endurance time test) in cases of chronic mechanical neck pain. Methods: Thirty patients diagnosed as chronic mechanical neck pain were assigned randomly into two equal groups. They were assessed by neck pain severity, neck disability index, neck flexor muscles endurance time test, and cervical error position test pretreatment and post treatment. The first experimental group (A) received endurance training of neck flexor and extensor muscles and active correction of the scapula three times per week. The second experimental group (B) received the same treatment program two times per week. Results: Patients of both groups showed a significant improvement in all the measured variables. Difference between groups showed non significant statistical difference in all the measured variables. Conclusions: From the finding of the current study we can conclude that endurance exercises are effective in treatment of neck pain, and also we concluded that the frequency from two to three times of the exercise treatment per week had no effect on treatment outcomes

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