AI Training Program vs Standard Correction for Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder in Neck Pain

NCT07236385 | Active Not Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/005976
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures.

Conditions

Forward Head Posture; Rounded Shoulder Posture; Upper Cross Syndrome

Keywords

forward head and rounded shoulder posture ,hyperkyphosis OR "thoracic kyphosis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• The craniovertebral angle

  forward head posture. will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. More than 50 degrees is considered normal.

  6 weeks

• Shoulder angle

  rounded shoulder posture will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. more than 52 is considered normal

  6 weeks

• functional disability

  is measured by neck disability index (NDI). A higher score reflects a greater level of neck disorder-related disability

  6 weeks

• pain level

  It is measured by visual analogue scale (VAS). 10-cm line that represents a pain spectrum between "no pain" and "worst pain," as the word descriptions "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right serve as anchors for the 100-mm-long horizontal line

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

AI based exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app

Other: AI based exercise

standard corrective exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: standard corrective exercises

Interventions

AI based exercise OTHER

receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app

AI based exercise

standard corrective exercises OTHER

Each exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases

standard corrective exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Neck pain between 3 and 8cm on a visual analogue scale. Subjects suffering from chronic (\> 12 weeks) neck pain. Subjects with forward head posture with craniovertebral angle (CVA) angle less than 50 degrees.
• Subjects with rounded shoulder posture as shoulder angle \< 52. Subjects must not have received any pharmacological medication related to their musculoskeletal condition as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or muscle relaxant for at least three months prior to enrolment in the study.
• Subjects must not have involved in any form of physical therapy or structured postural correction programs within the 6 months prior to study -

You may not qualify if:

• Musculoskeletal diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases, and a history of surgery that could affect the experiment.
• History of cervical spine injury or surgery.
• Neck pain secondary to other conditions (e.g. Neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases).
• Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis
• A neurological disease, infection.
• Inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine.
• Poor general health status that would interfere with the exercises -

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Cairo, Egypt

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome type Preus

Study Officials

• NESREEN FAWZY MAHMOUD

  Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• PROF. Dr. ENAS FAWZY YOUSSF

  Professor and Chairperson of Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2025
• First Posted: November 19, 2025
• Study Start: November 30, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Last Updated: December 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)