ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE, PAIN SEVERITY AND DISABILITY IN UNDER-GRADUATE PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS WITH NECK PAIN
| Title: | ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FORWARD HEAD POSTURE, PAIN SEVERITY AND DISABILITY IN UNDER-GRADUATE PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS WITH NECK PAIN |
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| Authors: | Irfana Shahid, Mehwish Ikram, Syed Shakil ur Rehman |
| Source: | The Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 05, Iss 02, Pp 235-238 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Rand Publications, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Subject Terms: | disability, neck pain, Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities, HD7255-7256 |
| More Details: | Background: Excessive neck flexion may lead to a forward head posture in which Craino-vertebral angle (CV angle) is decreased. Prolonged forward head posture may lead to postural impairment. Pain and disability of neck is increased with forward head posture. Objective: To find out the association of forward head posture with pain and disability in under-graduate physical therapy (PT) students. Methodology: A correlational study was conducted on n=34 male and female undergraduate PT students, with forward head posture. The n=34 participants were divided into group A having crainovertebral angle |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2521-344X 2521-3458 |
| Relation: | https://trjournal.org/index.php/TRJ/article/view/68; https://doaj.org/toc/2521-344X; https://doaj.org/toc/2521-3458 |
| DOI: | 10.52567/trj.v5i02.68 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/76601bc042574bb5985b7a6a16fbf241 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.76601bc042574bb5985b7a6a16fbf241 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 2521344X 25213458 |
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| DOI: | 10.52567/trj.v5i02.68 |
| Published in: | The Rehabilitation Journal |
| Language: | English |