Clinical trial NCT05338814: Conventional Neck Exercise With and Without Scapular Corrective Exercises in Patients With Forward Head Posture
Official title: Effects of Conventional Neck Exercise With and Without Scapular Corrective Exercises on Pain, Cervical Range of Motion and Disability in Patients With Forward Head Posture
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Forward Head Posture
Keywords: Forward head posture
Neck pain
conventional neck exercises
scapular corrective exercises
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-21
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To determine the effects of conventional neck exercises with and without scapular corrective exercises on pain, cervical range of motion and disability in patients with forward head posture


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* forward head posture
* complain of pain for at least 3months
* no history of any therapeutic interventions for the last 3months

Exclusion Criteria:

* history of whiplash injury
* any cervical surgery
* previous history of significant trauma
* fracture of cervical or scapula
* neurological impairments
* cervicogenic head ache

Primary outcomes:
measure: Numeric pain rating scale
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Goniometry
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Neck disability index (NDI)
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Faisalabad
country: Pakistan
facility: Flah-e-Milat Hospital
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: hina gul, t-DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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