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KMID : 1035420220100040241
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2022 Volume.10 No. 4 p.241 ~ p.250
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A Preliminary Study of the Effect of 4 Week Backward Walking Exercise on Cervical Angle and Gait Parameters in College Students with Moderate Forward Head Posture
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Park Han-Kyu
KIm Gun-Ho
Lee Min-Hyeok
Hwang Su-Yeon
Park Mi-Dam
Kim Beom-Su
Kim Mi-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of backward walking exercise on changes in the cervical angle and gait parameters in subjects with moderate forward head posture.
Methods : Four subjects were selected for this study. In particular, subjects with an average of 43 subjects with moderate craniovertebral angles were selected as the criteria for subject selection. The exercise program consisted of a 5 minutes warm-up exercise, 20 minutes main exercise, and 5 minutes cool-down exercise. In the main exercise, the treadmill speed was 2.5 ㎞/h for men, 2.0 ㎞/h for women in the first week, from the 2nd week to the 4th week, it was increased by 0.5 ㎞/h every week.
Results : Craniovertebral angle increased by 2.06±2.46 ˚ before and after the backward walking exercise, and craniorotational angle decreased by -1.69±3.33 ˚ before and after exercise. As for the gait parameters, in the amount of change before and after the backward walking exercise, the left foot pressure was 4.58±5.70 % from front to back and the right foot pressure was 5.08±3.06 % from front to back. The left step length and right step length showed a change of -.33±4.43 ㎝ and ?2.08±7.26 ㎝, respectively. stride length showed a change of ?2.59±11.18 ㎝. The left and right stance phase showed a change of -1.02±2.03 % and -1.23±1.54 %, respectively. The left and right swing phase showed changes of 1.02±2.03 % and 1.22±1.53 %, respectively. The left and right step times were -.01±.06 sec and -.02±.12 sec, respectively. The stride time showed a change of -.03±.18 sec.
Conclusion : Changes in cervical angle and gait parameters were confirmed by performing backward walking exercise for subjects with moderate forward head posture for 4 weeks. Therefore, additional research should be conducted based on this case study.
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KEYWORD
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backward walking, cervical angle, forward head posture, gait parameters
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