Clinical trial NCT06964750: the Effect of Web-based Exercises on Postural Deformities
Official title: Tele-Rehabilitation With Web-Based Exercises for Individuals With Postural Problems: A Digital Touch for Postural Disorders
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Telerehabilitation
Posture
Lordosis
Kyphosis
Home Based Rehabilitation
Keywords: telerehabilitation
posture
lordosis
kyphosis
exercise
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi
First posted: 2025-05-09
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Individuals will be divided into two groups: home based exercise group and telerehabilitation group.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: this study aims to investigate the effect of telerehabilitation with web-based exercises on postural deformities in individuals with postural problems. This randomized controlled study is planned to include 40 individuals. The individuals will be university students between the ages of 18-25. The students will be divided into two groups: home exercise program and telerehabilitation group. Exercises will be applied to both groups 3 times a week for 6 weeks.

Detailed description: Objective: Recent studies have shown that the use of telerehabilitation in different areas can result in significant clinical gains. The effect of telerehabilitation on head forward posture, thoracic hyperkyphosis and lumbar hyperlordosis is not yet fully understood. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of telerehabilitation with web-based exercises on postural deformities in individuals with postural problems.

Method: This randomized controlled study is planned to include 40 individuals. The individuals will be university students between the ages of 18-25. The students will be divided into two groups: home program and telerehabilitation group. Exercises will be applied to both groups 3 times a week for 6 weeks. Individuals with postural problems will be evaluated for craniovertebral, kyphosis and lordosis angles, shortness of hamstring and pectoral muscles and trunk endurance. Craniovertebral, kyphosis and lordosis angles will be evaluated with the "Clinometer + Buble" application, muscle shortness will be evaluated with muscle shortness tests, and trunk endurance will be evaluated with trunk endurance tests.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering for research,
* Be a young adult between the ages of 18 and 25,
* To be a student of SBU Gülhane Faculty of PTR,
* Body mass index less than 30 kg/m2,
* Cranioverterbral angle less than 52 degrees,

Exclusion Criteria:

* - Neck, back or lower back pain,
* Being a regular exerciser or professional/amateur athlete
* Having a three-dimensional deformity such as scoliosis,
* Having a previous operation, neurological, orthopedic or congenital problem in the spine,
* Visual and hearing loss that prevents them from performing the assessments and exercises,
* Physiotherapy within the last 6 months,

Primary outcomes:
measure: craniovertebral, lordosis, and kyphosis angles
timeFrame: After 6 weeks from the initial assessment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: shortness
timeFrame: After 6 weeks from the initial assessment
measure: Endurance
timeFrame: After 6 weeks from the initial assessment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: University of Health Science
state: Kecioren
Study officials:
References:
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