Observational studyBioMed research international2021
Effect of Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Training Using Pressure Biofeedback on Pain and Forward Head Posture in School Teachers with Neck Pain: An Observational Study.
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The Effectiveness of Deep Neck Flexor Exercises in Comparison With Myofascial Release of Suboccipital Muscle on Pain and Forward Head Posture in People With Chronic Tension-type Headache and Forward Head Posture
Effects Of Deep Neck Flexor And Extensor Exercises On Pain, Range Of Motion And Muscle Strength In Mechanical Neck Pain
Investigation of the Effect of Motor Imagery Training on Pain, Pain Beliefs, Functional Status and Neck Awareness in Individuals With Cervical Discogenic Pain
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of combined jaw and cervicoscapular exercises on mouth opening and muscle properties in cervical extension type.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of Capital Flexion Exercise on Craniovertebral Angle, Trunk Control, Balance, and Gait in Stroke Patients with Forward Head Posture: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Effects of exercise combined with cervicothoracic spine self-mobilization on chronic non-specific neck pain.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of Scapular Functional and Cervical Isometric Exercises in the Management of Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Comparative Trial.Pain research & management · 2024Trial
- The Efficacy of Manual Therapy and Pressure Biofeedback-Guided Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Strength Training on Pain and Functional Limitations in Individuals with Cervicogenic Headaches: A Randomized Comparative Study.Pain research & management · 2023Trial
- Global Postural Re-Education Versus Deep Neck Flexor Activation on Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain with Forward Head Posture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of Postural Stabilization Exercises in Combination with Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Craniovertebral Angle, Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of biofeedback in enhancing chronic pain rehabilitation: A systematic review of mechanisms and outcomes.Heliyon · 2025Review
- Efficacy of ultrasound therapy with neck retraction exercises vs. ultrasound therapy with deep cervical flexor training for excessive screen time users: a pilot randomized controlled study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- The Relationships of Watching Television, Computer Use, Physical Activity, and Food Preferences to Body Mass Index: Gender and Nativity Differences among Adolescents in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Impact of physical exercise (strength and stretching) on repairing craniovertebral and reducing neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineReview
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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTeaching is one of the professions where incidence and prevalence of neck pain is high. Prolonged use of computers, which has further increased due to online teaching amid pandemic, is known to cause neck pain and alter posture, while people with forward head posture (FHP) are prone to develop neck pain and related disability. Research has shown that impairment of deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscles leads to insufficiency in coordination, activation, overload, and poor support on cervical structures that further lead to development of neck pain and altered neck posture. The objective of this study was to see the effect of DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback on pain and FHP in school teachers with neck pain.
methodsThis observational study was conducted at medical center in school premises. Fifty-five school teachers aged between 25 and 40 years with experience of more than 5 years were invited to participate in this study. Subjects were divided in two groups. Both the groups received conventional exercises while in experimental group DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback was given additionally. Pain and FHP were assessed using NPRS and cranio-vertebral angle using digital photograph technique, respectively, at baseline and end of four weeks of treatment.
resultsAlthough pain and FHP improved in both the groups, mean improvement in both the measures was more in the group that also received DCF training using pressure biofeedback.
conclusionsThis study shows that although pain and FHP improved following conventional exercises in school teachers with neck pain, mean improvement was more significant among those who received additional DCF muscle training using pressure biofeedback.
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