Effect Of Home Exercise Program Versus Stretching Program on Chest Expansion For Patients With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Physical Therapy | ||
| Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2024 PDF (304.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejpt.2023.183206.1112 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed* 1; Dina sayed abd allah2; Hanaa Ali Hafez3 | ||
| 1lecturer of internal medicine and surgery - physical therapy - Ahram Canadian university | ||
| 2Departement of physical therapy for muscloskeletal disorders faculty of physical therapy cairo university | ||
| 3lecturer of orthopedic physical therapy and its surgery- faculty of physical therapy - Nahda university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective To compare the effectiveness of Tele-rehabilitations (home exercise program) to stretching exercise programs for patients with chronic non-specific mechanical neck pain. Design Randomized controlled study Subjects A total of 30 subjects; between 30 to 50 years old (both male and female) participated in the study; all of which were diagnosed with mechanical neck pain Intervention Patients were randomized into two groups of 15 patients. Group (A) were treated with a stretching exercise program, and Group (B) were supplied a home exercise program and professional advice. Patients in both groups were assessed prior to the investigation and 2 weeks post-treatment. Outcome measures were collected pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention. These included: a visual analogue scale, active cervical range of motion (ROM), and chest expansion. Results The results were obtained via a Two-way mixed model multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA).There were statistically significant differences between group A and Group B for pain intensity level (P<0.001). However, no statistically significant differences existed between group A and Group B, regarding active cervical range of motions and chest expansion outcomes after 2 weeks of intervention (p>0.5). Conclusions It was concluded that chronic mechanical neck pain patients who were treated using a home exercise program, or a stretching exercise program would experience less pain. And those undergoing the passive stretching exercise program experienced a more significant improvement in both cervical active range of motion and chest expansion, when compared to the home exercise program. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key Words Chronic mechanical neck pain; home program exercise; stretching exercise | ||
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