1PG Student, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
2Senior Lecturer, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
3Lecturer, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
*Correspondent author: Bid Dibyendunarayan D E-mail: dnbid71@gmail.com
Online published on 17 October, 2016.
To evaluate the effectiveness of proprioceptive exercises in chronic nonspecific neck pain patients (CNSNP) subjects in context of (a) improving proprioceptive accuracy; (b) in reducing the neck pain and (c) in reducing functional disability.
The present study was a prospective randomised control trial(RCT) with fifty subjects between 18–60 years of age with CNSNP in which Group A received only conventional neck exercises (CNE) and Group B received the proprioceptive neck exercises (PNE) along with CNE for 4 weeks. The outcome measures used were Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Neck Disability Index-Gujarati (NDI-G), Head Repositioning Accuracy (HRA) and Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT) at baseline and at the end of week 1, week 2 and week 4.
A repeated measure multivariate ANOVA was used for within and between group comparisons.
HRA showed significant difference in proprioceptive neck exercises group.
PNE in addition to CNE were helpful in decreasing the joint position error but PNE does not have added effect in reducing pain and functional disability.
Chronic non-specific neck pain, proprioceptive neck exercises, conventional neck exercises, head repositioning accuracy
