Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
Department of Anatomy, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2022 May;25(5):563-568. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_630_20.
Breastfeeding-related Neck Pain (BFNP) is prevalent in nursing mothers and cuts across the utilization of different breastfeeding (BF) hold positions. Biomechanical considerations to highlight ergonomically safe BF positions for the prevention of BFNP have not been previously studied.
This study was designed to compare the electrical activities of selected neck muscles across three breastfeeding hold positions [cradle (C1), cross-cradle (C2), and football (FB)].
Surface electromyographic analyses of four neck muscles (right and left components of each trapezius and sternocleidomastoid) were performed respectively during three BF trials with different BF hold positions (C1, C2, and FB) in 22 nursing mothers. For all the trials, the mothers nursed from the left breast.
Across the three BF trials, the electrical activities of each of the neck muscles did not vary significantly (P > 0.05). Furthermore, the left muscular components showed predominantly higher activities, as compared to their right components.
The breastfeeding hold position adopted during BF tasks may not be a determinant of BFNP in nursing mothers. Further studies to ascertain the biomechanical implications of the utilized BF holds are recommended.
母乳喂养相关的颈部疼痛（BFNP）在哺乳期母亲中很常见，且与不同的母乳喂养（BF）抱姿的使用有关。以前没有研究过强调母乳喂养姿势的生物力学安全性以预防 BFNP 的问题。
本研究旨在比较三种母乳喂养抱姿[摇篮式（C1）、交叉摇篮式（C2）和橄榄球式（FB）]下，选择的颈部肌肉的电活动。
对 22 位哺乳期母亲的三种 BF 试验[C1、C2 和 FB]中，分别对四块颈部肌肉（斜方肌和胸锁乳突肌的左右两侧）进行表面肌电图分析。所有试验中，母亲都从左侧乳房哺乳。
在三种 BF 试验中，各颈部肌肉的电活动没有显著差异（P＞0.05）。此外，左侧肌肉组件的活动明显高于右侧组件。
在 BF 任务中采用的 BF 抱姿可能不是导致哺乳期母亲 BFNP 的决定因素。建议进一步研究确定所采用的 BF 抱姿的生物力学影响。
