Comparison of Brugger's Exercise With and Without Kendall Exercises in Sterno-Symphyseal Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT06407700

Last Updated: 2024-12-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-02

Study Completion Date

2024-08-04

Brief Summary

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Sterno-symphyseal syndrome is a natural result of prolonged sitting work, especially with computers .In actual it is the approximation between pubic symphysis and sternum. The aim of study will be to compare the effects of Brugger's exercise with and without Kendall exercises on Pain, Craniovertebral angle and Range of motion in patients with Sterno-Symphyseal Syndrome. Group A will be treated with Kendall exercises and Brugger's Exercise and Group B will receive Brugger's Exercise only. Standard treatment will be provided to both groups. Outcome measures will be conducted at baseline, after 3 weeks and by the end of 6 weeks of treatment. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software version 25.

Detailed Description

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Sterno-symphyseal syndrome is a natural result of prolonged sitting work, especially with computers. It is basically the approximation between the sternum and pubic symphysis. This syndrome has been given several names including posterior cervical-dorsal syndrome and more commonly Computer back or Student syndrome. This posture is associated with increased muscular tension and faulty respiration habit. The aim of study will be to compare the effects of Brugger's exercise with and without Kendall exercises on Pain, Craniovertebral angle and Range of motion in patients with Sterno-Symphyseal Syndrome.

A Randomized Clinical Trial will be conducted at Umar Hospital Lahore through convenience sampling technique on patients which will be allocated using simple random sampling through computer generated method into Group A and Group B. Group A will be treated with Kendall exercises and Brugger's Exercise and Group B will receive Brugger's Exercise only. Standard treatment will be provided to both groups. Outcome measures will be conducted through pain, Craniovertebral angle and neck range of motion at baseline, after 3 weeks and by the end of 6 weeks of treatment. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software version 25. After assessing normality of data by Shapiro-wilk test, it will be decided either parametric or non-parametric test will be used within a group or between two groups.

Conditions

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Upper Crossed Syndrome

Keywords

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Craniovertebral Anglle. Exercise Pain Posture Sterno-symphyseal Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants are assigned to one of the treatment arms at the beginning of the trial and continue in that arm throughout the length of the trial.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
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Study Groups

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Brugger's exercise with Kendall exercise.

Participants in this group will receive Brugger's exercise with Kendall Exercise.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brugger's exercise.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participant was in a high sitting position. An elastic resistance band was be wrapped on each hand of the participant leaving the palm open and instructed to abduct and extend of thumb along with fingers, followed by wrist extension and forearm supination, the participant were instructed to perform scapular retraction with chin tucked in ,shoulder external rotation, elbow extension, shoulder abduction, and extension. Intervention was started from 10 seconds hold to 30 seconds with 2 seconds increment in every session. Rest time was 30 seconds, 4 sets 12 times repetitions.

Kendall Exercise.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Kendall exercises with the frequency 5 sets of consisting of 12 repetitions of postures, each taking 30 seconds,3 times a week for total of 6 weeks.

Brugger's exercise

Participants in this group will receive Brugger's exercise.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Brugger's exercise.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participant was in a high sitting position. An elastic resistance band was be wrapped on each hand of the participant leaving the palm open and instructed to abduct and extend of thumb along with fingers, followed by wrist extension and forearm supination, the participant were instructed to perform scapular retraction with chin tucked in ,shoulder external rotation, elbow extension, shoulder abduction, and extension. Intervention was started from 10 seconds hold to 30 seconds with 2 seconds increment in every session. Rest time was 30 seconds, 4 sets 12 times repetitions.

Interventions

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Brugger's exercise.

Participant was in a high sitting position. An elastic resistance band was be wrapped on each hand of the participant leaving the palm open and instructed to abduct and extend of thumb along with fingers, followed by wrist extension and forearm supination, the participant were instructed to perform scapular retraction with chin tucked in ,shoulder external rotation, elbow extension, shoulder abduction, and extension. Intervention was started from 10 seconds hold to 30 seconds with 2 seconds increment in every session. Rest time was 30 seconds, 4 sets 12 times repetitions.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Kendall Exercise.

Kendall exercises with the frequency 5 sets of consisting of 12 repetitions of postures, each taking 30 seconds,3 times a week for total of 6 weeks.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Gender: Male and Female both included (23).
* Subjects with slumped posture with Craniovertebral angle less than 50 degree (12).
* Subjects having distance from xiphoid process to pubic symphysis less than 28 cm (11 inches).
* Subjects sitting more than 4 hours a day (12).
* Subjects with upper back pain with \< 7 score on Numeric Pain rating scale

Exclusion Criteria

* Neoplasm on spine.
* Cervical disc prolapses.
* Subject with psychological disorder.
* Vertebro basilar insufficiency and Migraine are excluded (12).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Tooba Jamil, MS OMPT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

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Umar Trust Hospital

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

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Other Identifiers

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REC/RCR & AHS/23/0185

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id