Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, 61287Arab American University, Palestine.
Faculty of Nursing, 61287Arab American University, Palestine.
Sci Prog. 2021 Jul-Sep;104(3):368504211038163. doi: 10.1177/00368504211038163.
The study aimed to assess the effect of muscle stretching exercise on neck pain and disability among nurses in Palestine. A quasi-experimental, pre-post design with a convenience sample of 90 nurses with moderate-to-severe neck pain from two hospitals in Palestine participated in the study. The hospitals were randomly selected to be an experimental and the other one as a control group. The experimental group received the instruction to perform structured neck and around shoulder stretching exercises two sessions/day for 5 days/week for 1 month. The control group was told to maintain their current level of physical activity. Results showed that the magnitude of improvement in neck pain and disability was greater in the experimental group than in the control group ((88) = 8.5, = 0.001).
本研究旨在评估肌肉拉伸运动对巴勒斯坦护士颈部疼痛和残疾的影响。采用准实验、前后测设计,方便选取了来自巴勒斯坦两家医院的 90 名中重度颈部疼痛的护士参与研究。这两家医院被随机选为实验组和对照组。实验组接受了为期 1 个月、每天 2 次、每次 5 天的结构化颈部和肩部周围伸展运动的指导。对照组则被告知保持目前的身体活动水平。结果显示,实验组在颈部疼痛和残疾方面的改善程度明显大于对照组((88)=8.5,p=0.001)。