Global Postural Re-education in Text Neck Syndrome

NCT06972316 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/005700
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to: Investigate if there was effect of global postural re-education in individuals with text neck syndrome. The Global postural reeducation (GPR) is a series of postures and gentle active movements are performed aimed at stretching shortened muscles, decompressing and aligning joints, with breath¬ing control, contractions of antagonist muscles and sen¬sory integration exercises to work on proprioceptive af¬ferents and re-educate postural control The study was testing the following null hypothesis There was no effect of Global postural in individuals with text neck syndrome.

Conditions

Text Neck Posture

Keywords

Text Neck Syndrome; postural reeducation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• pain intensity level

  assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), a 100-mm line ranging from "no pain" (0 mm) on the left to "worst pain" (100 mm) on the right. Scores were based on self-reported symptom measures.

  Baseline (pre-intervention) and at 4 weeks (post-intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Craniovertebral angle and shoulder angle

  Baseline (pre-intervention) and at 4 weeks (post-intervention)

Study Arms (2)

Control group

EXPERIMENTAL

Control group (A) INCLUDED 30 arm All participants received conventional treatment consisting of stretching and strengthening exercises, including pectoral stretching, upper trapezius stretching, levator scapulae stretching, chin tucks, shoulder shrugs, and scapular retraction. Exercises were performed actively under therapist supervision, which included observation, correction of faulty performance, and timing of stretching exercises with a stopwatch.

Other: The Global postural reeducation

Experimental Group B Global Postural Reeducation

EXPERIMENTAL

Control group (B) INCLUDED 30 arms with text neck syndrome; they will received GPR in addition to conventional treatment, In addition to conventional treatment, participants received GPR according to the protocol described by Souchard.

Other: Traditional treatments

Interventions

The Global postural reeducation OTHER

The Global postural reeducation (GPR) is a series of postures and gentle active movements are performed aimed at stretching shortened muscles, decompressing and aligning joints, with breath¬ing contro

Control group

Traditional treatments OTHER

Thermotherapy (hot packs) , Dynamic neck exercises, stretching exercise and posture advice

Experimental Group B Global Postural Reeducation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 44 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The subject included if they had the following:
• diagnosed by physician as text neck syndrome
• Using mobile phones for more than 3-4 hours per day
• pain score more than 4 on the visual analog scale.

You may not qualify if:

• The subject excluded if they had the following:
• history of neck pathology; (2) musculoskeletal disease or anomaly; (3) history of spinal or neck surgery; (4) recent surgery; (5) chronic medical illness; or (6) receipt of any treatment for the neck in the preceding three months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dokki

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Study Officials

• Heba Heba Saeid Mohamed Ahmed, master

  Assist. lecture faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Randomization was performed using computer-generated numbers placed in opaque sealed envelopes. Participants were assigned to one of two groups in a 1:1 ratio. Allocation was conducted by an author not involved in data collection or treatment. To maintain allocation concealment, envelopes were opened only at the time of participant enrollment. Participants were blinded to their group allocation until study completion.²0 All participants provided written informed consent.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant lecturer of physical therapy for basic science department Cairo University

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2025
• First Posted: May 15, 2025
• Study Start: February 9, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 10, 2025
• Study Completion: November 30, 2025
• Last Updated: April 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

EG (1)