Effect of forward head posture correction onposture balance / Shrouk Ibrahim Mohamed Ata ; Supervised Awatef Mohamed Labib , Ibrahim Moustafa Moustafa

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of forward head posture (FHP) correction on craniovertebral (CV) angle, cervical pain, and posture balance. Subjects: Thirty patients(13 male, 17 female) with chronic mechanical neck pain and CV angle less than 50{u00BA} aged from 20-30 years with mean (26.69 ± 2.4) divided into two groups with equal numbers. Materials: Both groups received hot packs application, TENS, and mobilization 3 sessions per week. The exercise group additionally received a posture corrective exercise program. Lateral photography, pain self- efficacy questionnaire (PSFQ), and dynamic balance test were assessed at two intervals (pre-treatment, and 12 week post-treatment). Results: There was a significant difference in study group post treatment compare with pretreatment in PSEQ (p= 0.0001), CV angle (p=0.0001), over all stability index (OASI) (p= 0.0001), anterior/posterior stability index (APSI) (p- 0.0001), and medial/lateral stability index (MLSI) (p= 0.0001). There was a significant difference in control group post treatment compare with pretreatment in PSEQ (p= 0.01), CV angle (p=0.01), OASI (p= 0.005), APSI (p- 0.01), MLSI (p= 0.005). There was no significant difference pretreatment between study and control groups in PSEQ (p= 0.11), CV angle (p= 0.9), OASI (p= 0.81), APSI (p= 0.97), MLSI (p= 0.5). There was no significant difference post treatment between study and control groups in PSEQ (p= 0.11), CV angle (p= 0.33), MLSI (p= 0.84) but there was a significant decrease in OASI (P= 0.04), and APSI (P= 0.04)

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