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KMID : 1151220150210020033
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Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy
2015 Volume.21 No. 2 p.33 ~ p.37
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Effects of Deep Cervical Flexors Strengthening Exercise on Cervical-Shoulder Angle, Disability index and pain and in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain
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김진영:Kim Jin-Young
저자없음:No authors listed
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study on the effects of deep cervical flexors strengthening exercise to forward head posture and pain of neck in patients with chronic neck pain.
Method: We selected 30 subjects among neck pain patients and carried out measurements. The subjects' forward head posture was measured including head tilt angle (HTA), neck flexion angle (NFA) and forward shoulder angle (FSA), neck disability index (NDI), numeric rating scale (NRS). The subjects underwent deep cervical flexors muscle strengthening with pressure bio-feedback device for 4 weeks. Then, after intervention, the subjects' forward head posture was measured again. It was performed Wilcoxon signed-ranks test for confirming the effect of deep cervical flexor muscles strengthening exercise.
Results: As a result of comparison of measurements before and after intervention, we found that there were statistically significant improvement in the subjects' NDI, NRS and forward head posture including head tilt angle, neck flexion angle and forward shoulder angle.
Conclusion: We concluded that deep cervical flexors strengthening exercise has the effect of alleviation of neck pain patients and is effective for forward head posture.
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KEYWORD
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Deep cervical flexor strengthening exercise, Forward head posture, Neck disability index, Numeric rating scale
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