Correlations between Cervical Lordosis, Forward Head Posture, Cervical ROM and the Strength and Endurance of the Deep Neck Flexor Muscles in College Students

Gong, Wontae; Kim, Chang-Sook; Lee, Yoonmi

doi:10.1589/jpts.24.275

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“…This exercise is known to strengthen deep neck flexors and stretch the upper cervical extensors. Both of these groups of muscles are highly impacted by muscle spindles and their weakness and length imbalance in individuals with forward head posture has been reported by other studies 24 . These muscles are also responsible for the head and cervical stability.…”

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The immediate effects of whole body vibration on cervical joint position sense in subjects with forward head posture

Salami

Roostayi

Naimi

et al. 2019

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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Forward head posture (FHP) is considered to be one of the most common postural disorders in the spinal column. Recently studies have reported impaired proprioception to be one of the results of prolonged FHP. Studies have suggested that vibration stimulus is capable of improving joint proprioception. Thus the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of one session of whole body vibration (WBV) training in standing position on cervical joint position sense in individuals with FHP. Thirty (12 females and 18 males) individuals with FHP were randomly assigned to a vibration (experimental) or non-vibration (control) group. The vibration group experienced 5 sets of WBV while holding the head and neck in retraction. The non-vibration group held the same position for the same time without any vibration. Four target angles were established to assess the absolute and constant joint position sense (JPS) errors for each individual. Results showed significant reduction (P<0/05) in JPS absolute errors in 2 target angles in the vibration group when compared to the non-vibration group. It was concluded that relative improvement in cervical JPS could be achieved when adding additional sensory input from WBV stimulus to the head and neck retraction exercise.

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confidence: 65%

The immediate effects of whole body vibration on cervical joint position sense in subjects with forward head posture

Salami

Roostayi

Naimi

et al. 2019

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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“…This could be because advanced research targeted selective respiratory accessory muscles, and the period of mediation was longer than that of this study by over 6 weeks. Gong20 ) reported that CVA positively correlates with NDI as a consequence of performing correlation analysis between CVA, the range of motion of deep neck flexors, and NDI using data from 24 normal people. Iqbal9 ) showed improvement of NDI after mediating neck flexion exercises using biofeedback equipment for 4 weeks for 30 teachers complaining of neck pain.…”

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The effect of feedback respiratory exercise on muscle activity, craniovertebral angle, and neck disability index of the neck flexors of patients with forward head posture

2016

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[Purpose] This study aimed to simultaneously investigate the activities of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and scalenus anterior muscle, which are agonists of neck and breathing accessory muscles, by implementing breathing exercises. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen subjects were selected for the experimental group, which performed feedback respiratory exercises with McKenzie exercises, and 12 subjects were selected for the control group, which performed McKenzie exercises alone. The intervention program was performed for 30 minutes a session, once a day, four times a week, and for 2 weeks before conducting the experiment. Before intervention, muscle activity was measured using surface electromyogram, and the neck disability index was evaluated. [Results] There were meaningful differences in activities of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the scalenus anterior muscle, craniovertebral angle, and neck disability index within both the experimental group and control group after intervention. There also were meaningful differences in sternocleidomastoid muscle and neck disability index changes between groups. [Conclusion] Neck flexors as accessory respiratory muscle can affect inefficient respiratory imbalance of forward head posture patients. Multimodal intervention method should be studied continually and not be exposed to upper chest breathing patterns by preventing such phenomenon.

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“…It has been reported that a larger cervical extension range of motion (ROM) results in a corresponding decrease in forward head posture (FHP) and greater deep neck flexor (DNF) endurance 1) . The cervical extension ROM highly influences our daily lives.…”

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Effects of Longus Colli Muscle Massage on the Cervical Extension Range of Motion of Adults

2012

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Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of longus colli muscle massage on the cervical extension range of motion of adults.[Subjects] A total of 60 subjects were divided into two different group; 30 were assigned to the experimental group, and the other 30 to the control group.[Methods] The experimental group received massage of the longus colli muscle, which is a deep neck flexor, whereas the control group received massage of the superficial neck muscles. The experimental and control groups were both measured for cervical flexion, extension, left rotation, right rotation, left lateral flexion, and right lateral flexion range of motion (ROM).[Results] The measurements after the experiment showed the experimental group had a statistically significant increase in all the directions. Meanwhile, the control group exhibited a statistically significant increase in all directions except for rotation to the left. For the two groups, independent sample t-tests before the experiment, after the experiment, and on the differences between the pre-test and post-test values showed a statistically significant difference only in cervical extension. [Conclusion] This experiment demonstrated that massage of the longus colli muscle, known as a deep neck flexor, were more effective than massages of superficial neck muscles. Based on this result, we recommend longus colli massage in clinical practice in for enhancing patients' cervical extension ROM.

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Correlations between Cervical Lordosis, Forward Head Posture, Cervical ROM and the Strength and Endurance of the Deep Neck Flexor Muscles in College Students

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

The immediate effects of whole body vibration on cervical joint position sense in subjects with forward head posture

The immediate effects of whole body vibration on cervical joint position sense in subjects with forward head posture

The effect of feedback respiratory exercise on muscle activity, craniovertebral angle, and neck disability index of the neck flexors of patients with forward head posture

Effects of Longus Colli Muscle Massage on the Cervical Extension Range of Motion of Adults

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