EFFECTS OF BODY-BLADE EXERCISES ON NECK POSTURE, FUNCTION, AND MUSCLE STRENGTH IN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE

Forward Head Posture Clinical Trial

Official title:

EFFECTS OF BODY-BLADE EXERCISES ON NECK POSTURE, FUNCTION, AND MUSCLE STRENGTH IN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04743427
• Other study ID #: Forward head posture treatment
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 30, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Nourhan Sarhan, bachelor
• Phone: +201060551785/+201151928893
• Email: nourhan_theworld[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of adding Body-blade exercises to traditional treatment on posture, scapular muscles strength, neck pain, and function in individuals with forward head posture

Description:

Many studies have proposed that the Body-blade may be a more effective tool for activating the muscles employed during the training and rehabilitation of the shoulder and trunk than traditional interventions such as cuff weights and Therabands. There is few literature which studied the effect of Body-blade exercises on neck problems. So there is insufficient evidence for their effectiveness on improving forward head posture.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 42
• Est. completion date: August 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria :

1. Participants with FHP of both genders

2. Age range from 20-40 years

3. craniovertebral angle (CVA) less than 52 degrees

Exclusion Criteria :

1. Patients with a previous diagnosis of a musculoskeletal system disease over the last 6 months,

2. severely unstable spine

3. osteoporosis

4. vascular disease

5. cervical or shoulder neurological movement disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Forward Head Posture

Intervention

Other:
• hot pack and exercises
20-minute hot pack,and three active exercises: (a) chin tucks in supine lying with the head in contact with the floor, (b) active Standing Shoulder pull back , and (c) scapular plane shoulder elevation. (3 sets of 10 repetitions for all the 3 exercises)

Device:
• body blade(BB)
The Body-blade (Classic, Mad Dogg Athletics, USA), an elastic pole exercise tool with 122 cm in length, 0.68 kg, 4.3 cm in width,based on oscillatory/vibration motions that have been used in training or rehabilitation.The body blade works by rapidly changing directions at a low-frequency rhythm of approximately 4.5 Hz (cycles per second )

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Mansheyet El Bakry General Hospital	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (2)

Lister JL, Del Rossi G, Ma F, Stoutenberg M, Adams JB, Tobkin S, Signorile JF. Scapular stabilizer activity during Bodyblade, cuff weights, and Thera-Band use. J Sport Rehabil. 2007 Feb;16(1):50-67. — View Citation

Sheikhhoseini R, Shahrbanian S, Sayyadi P, O'Sullivan K. Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise on Forward Head Posture: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2018 Jul - Aug;41(6):530-539. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Aug 11. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	cranio vertebral angle using the Autocad	It is defined as the angle formed from a horizontal line passing through the C7 spinous process and a line passing through the tragus of the ear	5 minutes
Secondary	pain using visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	VAS is a self-reported scale consisting of a horizontal or vertical line, usually 10 centimeters long (100 mm) anchored at the extremes by two verbal descriptors referring to the pain status	5 minutes
Secondary	Neck function using the Neck Disability Index	The participants will be informed with the questionnaire10-items: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, work, headaches, concentration, sleeping, driving, reading, and recreation. and will be asked to fill the response to each item which is rated on a 6-point scale from 0 (no disability) to 5 (complete disability).The higher the final score the more severe the functional disability. Scores were divided into 0- 4 points for no disability, 5-14 points for mild disability, 15-24 points for moderate disability, 25-34 points for severe disability, and 35 or higher for complete disability	5 minutes
Secondary	Scapular muscles strength using Hand Held Dynamometer	the participants will be positioned in different positions according to the muscle to be measured .	10 minutes