| Autor: |
Atipon Methatip, Pongsak Yuktanandana |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Associated Medical Sciences, Vol 44, Iss 3, Pp 177-177 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2539-6056 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Chronic neck pain is a very common complaint among computer users and considered to be a serious work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMSD). Chronic neck pain causes sick leave, poor performance, poor quality of life and burdens the economics of the country. Treatment and prevention, therefore, of chronic neck pain among computer users are necessary. Objective: To study and compare the effects of 4-week short break neck exercise between stretching exercise and relaxation breathing exercise on pain level (VAS), surface EMG median frequency (MF) and the neck disability index score (NDI) in chronic neck pain female office workers who are prolonged computer users. Participants: The volunteers were 60 Thai female office workers with chronic neck pain from using computer more than 4 hours per day (8.18 ± 2.22) and aged between 25 - 35 years old (29.12 ± 2.99). These participants had not been treated by physiotherapy and/or medicine program. Methods: Sixty volunteers were divided into 2 groups equally. They were 1) Stretching group stretched neck muscle 30 seconds for 3 times in both upper trapezius (UT) and cervical erector spinae (CES), 2) The breathing exercise group did diaphragmatic deep breathing for relaxation 5 minutes. VAS, MF, and NDI were used as parameters. Results: VAS pain score in both groups reduced significantly after 4 weeks of exercise. The stretching group reduced VAS from 48.80±18.41 to 26.30±22.22 (p |
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