Optum, Noida 201304, India.
Ability Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
Biomed Res Int. 2020 Oct 5;2020:8327565. doi: 10.1155/2020/8327565. eCollection 2020.
In contemporary societies, computer use by children is a necessity and thus highly prevalent. Using computers for long hours is related to a higher risk of computer-related muscular disorders like forward head posture (FHP) and neck pain (NP). Deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscles are important head-on-neck posture stabilizers; thus, their training may lead to an improvement in FHP and NP. The aim of this study was to determine if 4 weeks of DCF training is effective in alleviating NP, improving FHP, and functional status in adolescent children using computers regularly, a pretest-posttest experimental group design was used. Subjects were randomly assigned into the experimental group (receiving DCF training and postural education) and the control group (receiving postural education only). 30 subjects with a mean age of 15.7 ± 1.725 years with NP and FHP using computers regularly participated in the study. Dependent variables were measured on day 1 (at baseline) and after 4 weeks of training. Photographic analysis was used for measuring FHP, visual analog scale for NP intensity, and neck disability index for functional status. Data analysis showed that in both groups, no significant improvement occurred in FHP. In both groups, there was a significant improvement in functional status and NP. There was no significant difference between both groups for FHP and NP. There was a significant improvement in functional status in the experimental group in comparison to the control group. Four weeks of DCF training does not cause a significant improvement in FHP in 13 to 18 years old adolescent children using computers regularly.
在当代社会，儿童使用计算机是一种必要，因此非常普遍。长时间使用计算机与更高的计算机相关肌肉障碍风险相关，例如前伸头姿势（FHP）和颈部疼痛（NP）。深层颈屈肌（DCF）是重要的头颈部姿势稳定器；因此，对其进行训练可能会改善 FHP 和 NP。本研究旨在确定 4 周的 DCF 训练是否能有效缓解青少年经常使用计算机导致的 NP、改善 FHP 和功能状态，采用了预测试后测试实验组设计。受试者被随机分配到实验组（接受 DCF 训练和姿势教育）和对照组（仅接受姿势教育）。30 名年龄在 15.7 ± 1.725 岁之间、有 NP 和 FHP、经常使用计算机的受试者参加了这项研究。在第 1 天（基线）和 4 周训练后测量了因变量。使用摄影分析测量 FHP，使用视觉模拟量表测量 NP 强度，使用颈部残疾指数测量功能状态。数据分析显示，两组的 FHP 均无显著改善。两组的功能状态和 NP 均有显著改善。两组的 FHP 和 NP 之间没有显著差异。与对照组相比，实验组的功能状态有显著改善。在经常使用计算机的 13 至 18 岁青少年中，4 周的 DCF 训练不会导致 FHP 显著改善。
