TNNMC Journal of Nursing Education

Neck pain is a rising health issue in the adolescents due to the use of digital devices. The deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise has an important role in head- on-neck posture stabilization. To assess and compare the pre and post-test level of neck pain among middle adolescents. To evaluate the effectiveness of Deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise on level of neck pain among middle adolescents in experimental group. To find out the association between pre-test level of neck pain among middle adolescents with their selected demographic and clinical variables in experimental and control group.

A Quasi experimental research study was conducted inselected schools at Kanyakumari district included 80 middle adolescents between the age group of (14-17) years and Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. Neck pain was assessed by using modified neck disability index questionnaire. Deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise was given 15 minutes/day for 4 weeks among middle adolescence in experimental group. Post-test was conducted by using the same tool after four weeks. The study findings revealed that Deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise is effective in reducing neck pain among middle adolescents. The study also revealed that the mean pain reduction level was 7 and the calculated ’t’ test value is 3.85 which was higher than the table value 2.021 at p=0.05. Hence, the findings indicated that after administration of deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise in experimental group, deep flexor muscle strengthening exercise had a significant effect on reducing the level of neck pain among middle adolescents.