1Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Kyungnam College of Information & Technology, 45, Jurye-Ro, Sasang-gu, Busan, Korea
2Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Sun Moon University, 70, Sunmoon-ro 220 beon-gil, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercise on the forward head posture.
After the end of the intervention, an experimental group, control group A, and control group B were compared in terms of changes with time within each group and among the groups. A repeated-measures ANOVA was performed to compare the three groups in terms of their spinal structures with time.
There was no significant difference between the three groups in relation to the general characteristics of the study subjects and the three groups were found to be homogeneous. Each group showed a statistically significant decline in the degree of forward head posture and improvements with time in thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis after 6-week intervention (p<0.05) and no statistically significant difference was found among the groups.
In conclusion, dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercise is an effective training method to improve forward head posture, and this exercise will be useful for improving the forward head posture of subjects who cannot perform neck exercises directly.
Forward head posture, Dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises, McKenzie exercise, Neck stabilization exercise, Spinal structure
