Muscle Energy Technique on Forward Head Posture and Cervical Mobility in Visually Impaired Children

Children With Visual Disabilities Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of Muscle Energy Technique on Forward Head Posture and Cervical Mobility in Visually Impaired Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04716348
• Other study ID #: Egyptian Chinese University
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2021
• Source: Egyptian Chinese University
• Contact: Noha S Elserty, PhD
• Phone: +201006709648
• Email: noha_elserty[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Forward head posture is one of the most common postural deviation seen among visually impaired children and, it is characterized by hyperextension of upper cervical and flexion of lower cervical spine. These changes lead to muscle imbalance and resulting in weakness of the deep cervical flexors, shortening of the opposing cervical extensors and reduction in cervical range of motion. Muscle energy technique is a manual therapy technique using in the treatment of shortened muscles, muscle weakness, restricted joints range of motion. so this study aimed to investigate the efficacy of muscle energy technique on forward head posture and cervical mobility in visually impaired children.

Description:

subjects will be allocated according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria from different schools for visually impaired children. They will be divided randomly into study group and control group. Study group will be participated in suboccipital muscle energy technique. Control group will be participated in sham technique. The duration of treatment for both groups will be 3 times/week for 6 weeks. Autodesk AutoCAD software will be used to analyze the measured angles and CROM will be used to assess cervical mobility

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Visual acuity will be 6/24, 6/36 and 6/60 after correction.

• Wearing glasses more than one year.

• Craniovertebral angle < 50°.

• Functional hearing.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Injury of cervical region (e.g: atlantoaxial instability).

• Cervical spine deformities or/disorders.

• History of previous cervical spine surgery.

• Rheumatic and congenital heart disease.

• Regular participation in any sport activities.

• Intellectual or/mental disabilities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Children With Visual Disabilities

Intervention

Procedure:
• muscle energy technique
muscle energy technique for suboccipital muscles

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Noha Elserty	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Egyptian Chinese University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change in craniovertebral angle	analysis of craniovertebral angle form lateral view performed by AUTOCAD program	baseline pre intervention and immediately after the intervention
Primary	change of cervical range of motion	measurement of cervical range of motion including cervical flexion, cervical extension, cervical side bending, and cervical rotation. these measurement will be applied by CROM device	baseline pre intervention and immediately after the intervention