Comparison of Outcomes of Physical Therapy Exercises Combined with Either a Video-Based Smartphone Application System or a Written Exercise Program Handout in 34 Patients with Non-Specific Neck Pain

31 August 2024 : Clinical Research

Won-Deuk Kim

^1ABCDF, DooChul Shin^2AEG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945349

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e945349

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Table 4 Changes in forward head posture and compensatory neck flexion.

Variable		Experimental group (n=17)	Control group (n=17)	t	p
Variable		Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t	p
Forward head posture (°)	Pre	129.24±4.48	126.55±6.98
	Post	113.88±2.66	122.95±4.89
	Pre-post	15.35±4.89	3.6±8.14	3.119	.004
		12.923	1.976
		.000	.063
Compensatory neck flexion (°)	Pre	65.53±8.65	66.55±11.82
	Post	51.18±4.36	59.7±11.42
	Pre-post	14.85±8.44	6.85±19.04	.674	.505
		7.005	1.069
		.000	.124
SD – standard deviation.

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