Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science (대한물리치료과학회지)
- Volume 6 Issue 2
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- Pages.1063-1073
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- 1999
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- 2733-6441(pISSN)
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- 2733-645X(eISSN)
A Newly Designed Cervical Pillow Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
새로 디자인된 경부베개
- He, Jin-Gang (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hallym University)
- 허진강 (강동 성심 병원 물리치료실)
- Published : 1999.06.30
Abstract
Objective: Poor head and neck support during sleep can exacerbate the neck pain. Based on the ideal sleep posture and pillow suggested by Cyriax, we designed a new cervical pillow and compared the degree of pain reduction, quality of sleep and pillow satisfaction with a low hospital pillow and a high pillow. Method: The newly designed pillow has a built-in pressure-adjustable air bag in the cervical area and provides normal cervical lordotic curve in supine position and maintains cervical and thoracic vertebrae to form a horizontal line in side-lying position. Thiry-four patients with cervical pain used low hospital pillows for the first week of 3-week randomized crossover design study. They were subsequently randomly assigned to use each of the other two pillows for 1-week period. Outcomes were measured using Visual analog scale, Sleep questionaire, a pillow satisfaction scale. Result: Compared with other 2 types of pillow, Subjects using the newly desinged pillow showed much reduced pain intensity, increased duration of sleep and better satisfaction. Conclustion: We desinged a cervical pillow with built-in pressure adjustable air bag and it can significantly reduce pain intensity and improve quality of sleep in patients with cervical pain.