The Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Neck Disability and Proprioception in Patients With Forward Head Posture

NCT05274711 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/003408
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To investigate if the Whole-body vibration affect cervical function cervical, proprioception, pain intensity level and ROM and in subjects with forward head posture?

Conditions

Forward Head Posture

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• The change in Neck disability

  Neck disability will be measured by English neck disability index (NDI) questionnaire is composed of a total of 10 questions. Each question has 6 answer options which pertain to a level of severity (0-5) With total score of 50 , when NDI is high the neck function is the worst

  immediately after the treatment

• The change in Neck proprioception

  Neck proprioception will be measured by clinometer application

  immediately after the treatment

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Neck pain

  Before and immediately after the treatment

• Cervical ROM

  Before and immediately after the treatment

Study Arms (2)

Conventional treatment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

will receive conventional physical therapy prograM

Other: Conventional physical treatment

Experimental treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

will receive conventional physical therapy program and whole body vibration training

Other: Whole body vibration training; Other: Conventional physical treatment

Interventions

Whole body vibration training OTHER

The participants will be instructed to stand on the vibration platform bare footed and distribute their weight evenly on both feet (fig 3). Next, they will be asked to do a head and neck retraction while looking forward with their knees at 30 degrees of flexion. In order to prevent fatigue in the subject's cervical area due to holding their head and neck in retraction, they will be asked to hold this position for 15 seconds then rest for 5 seconds. Since each set will last 60 second this allowed the subjects to do 3 retractions in each set. In total each subject will perform 15 retractions during the training. The subjects will experience a vertical vibration at a frequency and amplitude of 30 Hz and 4 mm during the sets (Salami et al., 2018).

Experimental treatment

Conventional physical treatment OTHER

Posturalcorrectionexercisesintheformofstretchingandstrengthening exercise. Manual stretching exercises as passive stretch to (upper trapezius, levator scapulae, sub occipitalis, scalene, sternocleidomastoid, and pectoralis major muscles), 30 seconds of 3-5 repetitions for each muscle, followed by 30 seconds of rest, as well as isotonic exercises (to strength deep neck flexors and scapular retractor muscles) 3 sets of 12 repetitions each with a 6 second hold in between, with a 1-2-minute rest between sets (Kisner. and Colby 2012).

Conventional treatment; Experimental treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 23 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Adolescent physical therapy students of both gender between 18-23 years old
• BMI between 18.5-25 kg/m²
• Symptomatic forward head posture with CVA 49° or less.

You may not qualify if:

• Cervical disc
• Myelopathy or cervical radiculopathy
• Cervical spine surgery in the past
• Having received physical therapy in the three months prior to the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Aya Ali saaid mahmoed

Cairo, 11311, Egypt

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Opaque sealed envelope
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant lecturer

Model Details: This trail has 2 groups one control and one experimental

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 2, 2022
• First Posted: March 10, 2022
• Study Start: July 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2023
• Study Completion: February 28, 2023
• Last Updated: May 26, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Locations

EG (1)