ArticleJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences2017
Relationships among head posture, pain intensity, disability and deep cervical flexor muscle performance in subjects with postural neck pain.
Article in Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Short-term effects of postural taping on pain and forward head posture: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Training on Neck Pain, Functional Disability, and Muscle Endurance in School Teachers: A Clinical Trial.BioMed research international · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of a theory-based back care intervention on spine-related behavior among pupils: a school-based randomised controlled trial (T-Bak study).BMC public health · 2020Trial
- The effect of self-mobilization in combination with exercises on pain and function in patients with myogenic temporomandibular disorders; a self-controlled experimental study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Effects of Global Postural Re-Education Versus Specific Therapeutic Exercises on Pain, Head Posture, and Pain-Related Psychosocial Factors in Women with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The impact of pain from medial meniscus injuries on walking movement patterns.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Subjective Visual Vertical and Cervical Neuromotor Control in Young Nomophobians: A Cross Sectional Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Is Neck Pain Related to Sagittal Head and Neck Posture?: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Review
- Do Temporomandibular Disorder Patients with Joint Pain Exhibit Forward Head Posture? A Cephalometric Study.Pain research & management · 2023Article
- Changes in deep neck muscle length from the neutral to forward head posture. A cadaveric study using Thiel cadavers.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Interaction between Pain, Disability, Mechanosensitivity and Cranio-Cervical Angle in Subjects with Cervicogenic Headache: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Effect of a Long Exercise Program in the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between Forward Head Posture and Neck Pain: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2019Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesInformation Technology (IT) professionals working with computers gradually develop forward head posture and, as a result, these professionals are susceptible to several neck disorders. This study intended to reveal the relationships between pain intensity, disability, head posture and deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscle performance in patients with postural neck pain.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 84 IT professionals who were diagnosed with postural neck pain. The participants were recruited with a random sampling approach. A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ), the Modified Head Posture Spinal Curvature Instrument (MHPSCI), and the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit were used to measure neck pain intensity, neck disability, head posture, and DCF muscle performance, respectively.
resultsThe Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a significantly strong positive relationship between the VAS and the NPQ (
conclusionThis study concluded that a smaller CV angle corresponded to greater neck pain intensity and disability. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between CV angle and DCF muscle performance, indicating that head posture re-education through postural correction exercises would not completely correct the motor control deficits in DCF muscles. In addition, a suitable exercise regimen that exclusively targets the deep cervical flexor muscle to improve its endurance is warranted.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.