Muscle Energy Technique on Forward Head Posture and Cervical Mobility in Visually Impaired Children

NCT ID: NCT04716348

Last Updated: 2021-05-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-01

Brief Summary

Forward head posture is one of the most common postural deviation seen among visually impaired children and, it is characterized by hyperextension of upper cervical and flexion of lower cervical spine. These changes lead to muscle imbalance and resulting in weakness of the deep cervical flexors, shortening of the opposing cervical extensors and reduction in cervical range of motion. Muscle energy technique is a manual therapy technique using in the treatment of shortened muscles, muscle weakness, restricted joints range of motion. so this study aimed to investigate the efficacy of muscle energy technique on forward head posture and cervical mobility in visually impaired children.

Detailed Description

subjects will be allocated according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria from different schools for visually impaired children. They will be divided randomly into study group and control group. Study group will be participated in suboccipital muscle energy technique. Control group will be participated in sham technique. The duration of treatment for both groups will be 3 times/week for 6 weeks. Autodesk AutoCAD software will be used to analyze the measured angles and CROM will be used to assess cervical mobility

Conditions

Children With Visual Disabilities

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

group A

suboccipital muscle energy technique

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

muscle energy technique

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

muscle energy technique for suboccipital muscles

group B

sham muscle energy technique

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

muscle energy technique

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

muscle energy technique for suboccipital muscles

Interventions

muscle energy technique

muscle energy technique for suboccipital muscles

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Visual acuity will be 6/24, 6/36 and 6/60 after correction.
• Wearing glasses more than one year.
• Craniovertebral angle < 50°.
• Functional hearing.

Exclusion Criteria

• Injury of cervical region (e.g: atlantoaxial instability).
• Cervical spine deformities or/disorders.
• History of previous cervical spine surgery.
• Rheumatic and congenital heart disease.
• Regular participation in any sport activities.
• Intellectual or/mental disabilities

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Egyptian Chinese University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Noha Elserty

lecturer of physical therapy

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Noha S Elserty, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Lecturer of physical therapy- Egyptian Chinese University

Locations

Noha Elserty

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Egypt

Central Contacts

Noha S Elserty, PhD

Role: CONTACT

noha_elserty@hotmail.com

+201006709648

Eman W Mahmoud, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Eman.wagdy@pt.bsu.edu.eg

+201008079576

Facility Contacts

Noha S Elserty

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

Egyptian Chinese University

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id