AI Training Program vs Standard Correction for Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder in Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT07236385

Last Updated: 2025-12-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 46 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2026-10-01

Brief Summary

this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures.

Detailed Description

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the efficacy of APECS-AI app suggested exercises and standard corrective exercises in managing non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulders posture. Forty-six subjects of both genders between (18 and 35 years old) have non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture will be enrolled in this study. The subjects will be randomized into two equal groups (n = 23 each): An intervention group (Group A), will receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app, and a control group (Group B), will perform standard corrective exercises

Conditions

Forward Head Posture; Rounded Shoulder Posture; Upper Cross Syndrome

Study Design

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

Study Groups

AI based exercise

receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

AI based exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app

standard corrective exercises

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

standard corrective exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases

Interventions

AI based exercise

receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app

Intervention Type: OTHER

standard corrective exercises

Each exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Neck pain between 3 and 8cm on a visual analogue scale. Subjects suffering from chronic (> 12 weeks) neck pain. Subjects with forward head posture with craniovertebral angle (CVA) angle less than 50 degrees.

Subjects with rounded shoulder posture as shoulder angle < 52. Subjects must not have received any pharmacological medication related to their musculoskeletal condition as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or muscle relaxant for at least three months prior to enrolment in the study.

Subjects must not have involved in any form of physical therapy or structured postural correction programs within the 6 months prior to study -

Exclusion Criteria

1. Musculoskeletal diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases, and a history of surgery that could affect the experiment.

2. History of cervical spine injury or surgery.

3. Neck pain secondary to other conditions (e.g. Neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases).

4. Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis

5. A neurological disease, infection.

6. Inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine.

7. Poor general health status that would interfere with the exercises -

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

RANEEM MAHMOUD ELSHERIEF

assistant lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

NESREEN FAWZY MAHMOUD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

PROF. Dr. ENAS FAWZY YOUSSF

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Professor and Chairperson of Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

Locations

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Related Links

https://download.cnet.com/apecs-ai-posture-evaluation-and-correction-system/3000-2129_4-78218468.html

Related Info

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005976

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id