Progressive shoulder-neck exercise on cervical muscle functions in middle-aged and senior patients with chronic neck pain
| Autor: | Yi-Ching Huang, Tsan Hon Liou, Chih-Min Tsou, Kwang-Hwa Chang, I-Hsien Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Shoulder 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences medicine.medical_treatment Population Flexion Test Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 01 natural sciences law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Musculoskeletal disorder Randomized controlled trial law Neck Muscles medicine Humans Single-Blind Method Muscle Strength Range of Motion Articular education 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Aged Neck pain education.field_of_study Rehabilitation Neck Pain Cervical muscles business.industry Age Factors 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged medicine.disease Exercise Therapy Treatment Outcome Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Chronic Pain Range of motion business |
| Zdroj: | European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine. 54(1) |
| ISSN: | 1973-9095 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Although neck pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder, there is no consensus on suitable exercise methods for middle-aged and senior patients with chronic neck pain. Therefore, this study investigated the effectiveness of a 6-week shoulder-neck exercise intervention program on cervical muscle function improvement in patients aged 45 years or older with chronic neck pain. AIM The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of progressive shoulder-neck exercise on cervical muscle functions of middle-aged and senior patients with chronic neck pain. DESIGN A randomized controlled single-blind trial. SETTING Rehabilitation department of a hospital. POPULATION A total of 72 subjects aged ≥45 years with chronic neck pain were randomly allocated to either an experimental group (N.=36; age 57.3±8.74 years) or a control group (N.=36; age 58.15±8.17 years). METHODS The control group received only traditional physiotherapy, whereas the experimental group participated in a 6-week shoulder-neck exercise program consisting of cranio-cervical flexion and progressive resistance exercises in addition to receiving traditional physiotherapy. The muscle functions of subjects in both groups were tested before the experiment and also after the intervention program. The pretest and posttest measured the cranio-cervical flexion test (CCFT) and the superficial cervical muscle strength. RESULTS After the intervention, the experimental group had a 56.48 point improvement in the performance index of the CCFT (P |
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