PURPOSE: To investigate the association between forward head posture (FHP) and neck pain disability in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis based on data from randomized controlled study. The involved WAD reporting their using Neck Disability Index (NDI). FHP measured goniometer. Analyses of correlations logistic regressions wer...

[Purpose] To determine the effects of forward head posture on static and dynamic balance control. [Subjects and Methods] This study included 30 participants who were included into a forward head posture group (n = 14) and a control group (n = 16) according to their craniovertebral angles. Static balance control was assessed according to center of gravity sway velocity and total sway distance us...

The aim of this study was to analyze retrospectively effects of exercise therapy on trismus related to head and neck cancer or as a consequence of its treatment, and to compare these effects with trismus not related to head and neck cancer. Medical records of patients referred to the department of physical therapy with the diagnosis trismus were retrieved and analyzed. Data of 27 patients with ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the correction of posture, increase in strength and decrease in shoulder pain and dysfunction in varsity swimmers. DESIGN AND SETTING Randomised clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-eight National Collegiate Athletic Association division I varsity swimmers. MEASUREMENTS Two testing sessions were conducted before and after an 8-week time period. Posture, strength and s...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the cocontraction of masticatory muscles during neck stabilization exercises on changes in the thickness of the neck flexors. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty subjects performed neck stabilization only exercise and neck stabilization exercise with simultaneous contraction of the masticatory muscles. Changes in the thickness of the ...