Year: 2024 | Month: December | Volume: 14 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 25-36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20241203
Effect of Awareness and Education Along with Conventional Physiotherapy on Pain, Disability and Posture Among Physiotherapy Students with Text Neck Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Dr. Ketki Patel1, Dr. Dharti Pansala2
1Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Basil Onco Care Hospital, Surat, Gujarat, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, SPB Physiotherapy College, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Ketki Patel
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Text neck defined as an overuse injury of the cervical spine resulting from the repetitive stress of prolonged forward head flexion while looking down on a mobile screen. Text neck leads to harmful symptoms such as neck pain, upper back pain, shoulder pain, chronic headaches and increased curvature of the spine. The objective of study was to see the Effect of awareness and education along with conventional physiotherapy on pain, disability and posture among physiotherapy students with text neck syndrome.
METHODOLOGY: In the present study, 56 students with Text neck syndrome were included i.e. 28 in each group. group A received awareness and education along with conventional exercises and group B received conventional exercises only. Students were evaluated pre-intervention (0 week) and post intervention (6 weeks) for pain assessed by Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), functional disability assessed by Neck Disability Index (NDI) and Posture was assessed by CV-Angle. Statistical analysis was done by using jamovi version 2.3.28.0 version. Significance level was set at p≤0.05.
RESULT: Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test was applied for intra-group comparison and results showed that there was statistically significant difference in mean of NPRS, NDI and CVA in the groups during 6 weeks intervention period(p≤0.001). Mann-Whitney U test was applied between group comparison and result showed that there was statistically significant difference in mean of NPRS, NDI and CVA between group A & group B (p≤0.001).
CONCLUSION: The results of present study conclude that both Awareness and Education along with conventional exercises and only Conventional exercises are effective for reduces pain, functional disability and to improve posture in students with Text neck syndrome post 6 weeks intervention compare to pre intervention. When compared between group Awareness and Education along with conventional exercises is more effective than only Conventional exercises for reducing pain, functional disability and improves posture after 6 weeks of intervention in this population.
Key words: Text neck syndrome, Forward head posture, Pain, Functional disability, Physiotherapy students.