Efficacy of Pressure Biofeedback Guided Deep Cervical Flexor Training on Forward Head Posture in Visual Display Terminal Operators
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Purpose of the study: To determine whether there is an improvement in forward head posture after 4 weeks of deep cervical flexor training in 20 to 35 years VDT Operators.
Subjects: Thirty subjects of age group 20 to 35 years both male and female with FHP
Study design: Randomized control trial
Method and material: Subjects were assigned on the basis of sample of convenience and randomly allocated into two groups experimental group: receiving deep cervical flexor training and conventional exercise and control group: conventional exercise only.
Results: Intergroup comparison showed statistically nonsignificant difference in FHP (p=0.31). Intragroup comparison showed statistically highly significant difference in C V Angle (p
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