Effect of rehablitation on muscle imbalance in upper cross syndrome
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Aims and Objective: To assess the effect of exercise, stretching and postural correction on neck Imbalance and To assess the effect of exercise, stretching and postural correction on forward head posture Design: Experimental Study Setting: Dr.D.Y.Patil I.P.D. and O.P.D. Participants: Twenty four patients with the complain of neck pain in the age group of 20-40 years and history of working in same posture for 6 to 8 hours participated in the study. Intervention: All the patients were conveniently selected from the OPD of Physiotherapy clinic in our institution and after signing of consent form they were given 2 week rehabilitation protocol of stretching and strengthening (based on Sherrington law) and posture correction exercise. Craniovertebrtal angle, NDI and VAS were used to assess the pain discomfort and disability caused by neck pain. Outcome Measures: VAS (visual analogue scale), Neck Disability Index, CV angle. Result: 24 participants completed the study. Comparison of pre and post Neck disability index, Neck pain (VAS) and craniovertebral angle were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05) at the end of 2 week rehabilitation protocol of stretching, strengthening and posture correction Conclusion: This study concludes that the effect of exercise, stretching and postural correction was there on Pain, neck Imbalance and also on the forward head posture. There was significant decrease in pain and neck disability.
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Tanuja Chhotwani, Meenakshi Vairagade, Pradeep Borkar
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