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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2014.8.2.89

Effects of Cervical Joint Mobilization on the Forward Head Posture and Neck Disability Indexes  

Oh, Hyunju (Department of Physical Therapy, Taegu Science University of Korea)
Hwang, Byeongjun (Department of Physical Therapy, Taegu Science University of Korea)
Choi, Yoorim (Department of Physical Therapy, Taegu Science University of Korea)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.8, no.2, 2014 , pp. 89-96 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper tries to examine whether the application of joint mobilization to subjects who have the forward head posture due to malalignment in the cervical joint has influence on posture changes and functions in the cervical joint. The subjects were 39 students from G University in Gyeongsangbuk-do. The cervical joint mobilization was applied to 20 subjects and not to 19. The students with a cervical lordosis angle of $21^{\circ}C$ or less, an anterior weight bearing (AWB) of 15mm or greater, and a cervical extension ROM of $70^{\circ}C$ or less in terms of radiography were selected as subjects under their voluntary agreement. The patients actively performed the joint mobilization slowly 8 times per session while therapists continuously applied sustained accessory glide to their painful joints 3 times per week for 4 weeks along with the cervical expansion and flexion in SNAGS among other Mulligan's (1995) techniques. The measurement was carried out in terms of radiographic inspection and neck disability indexes. As a result of the experiment, it turned out that the subjects with the forward head posture had changes in the cervical AWB and ARA, the ranges of expansion and flexion, and the NDI(Neck Disability Index) after the intervention for the experimental group by applying cervical joint mobilization. There were no changes observed in the control group. In conclusion, the application of joint mobilization turned out to have influence on the improvement of cervical joint postures, and craniocervical region functions.
Keywords
Joint mobilzation; Cervical posture; Mulligan Technic;
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