1Department of Physiotherapy, ISIC Institue of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110 070, India.
2Department of Rehabilitation, ISIC Institue of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110 070, India.
To study the efficacy of craniocervical flexors endurance training on pain and disability in patients with cervical spondylosis.
Pre-test post-test experimental design.
Twenty four patients with chronic neck pain having early degenerative changes in the cervical spine were randomized into two six-week intervention groups.
Craniocervical Flexors Endurance Training and Conventional Isometric Training.
The primary outcomes measures were pain scores on Visual Analogue Scale and disability scores on Neck Disability Index.
At the end of six-week intervention, Craniocervical Flexor Endurance training revealed significant improvement in pain and disability scores in comparison to Conventional Isometric Training (p ‧ 0.05). On within group analysis both exercise groups demonstrated significant improvement in both the parameters.
Craniocervical Flexors Endurance Training is effective in improving pain and disability in patients with cervical spondylosis. The effect of conventional Isometric Exercises cannot be neglected. It is suggested that these can be integrated into the rehabilitation regimen once there is reestablishment of muscular balance between the deep segmental and superficial cervical flexor muscles.
Cervical spondylosis, neck pain, disability, craniocervical flexors endurance training, isometric exercises
