PMID- 35477430
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220429
LR  - 20220928
IS  - 1471-2431 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2431 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Apr 27
TI  - Establishing minimal clinically important difference for effectiveness of 
      corrective exercises on craniovertebral and shoulder angles among students with 
      forward head posture: a clinical trial study.
PG  - 230
LID - 10.1186/s12887-022-03300-7 [doi]
LID - 230
AB  - BACKGROUND: Previous studies have addressed the effects of different exercises 
      and modalities on forward head posture (FHP), but the minimal clinically 
      important difference (MCID) of the effect of exercises on FHP remains unclear. 
      Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of selective corrective 
      exercises (SCEs) on the craniovertebral angle (CVA) and shoulder angle (SA) in 
      students with FHP and to establish MCID for these angles. METHODS: In this 
      randomized clinical trial study, a total of 103 second-grade male students with 
      FHP were enrolled. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental and 
      control groups. CVA and SA of participants were measured before and after the 
      8-week selective corrective exercise program (including strengthening and 
      stretching exercises). The photogrammetric method was used to measure CVA and SA. 
      MCID value was calculated for CVA and SA using the distribution method. RESULTS: 
      The results showed that there was a significant difference between the 
      experimental and control groups in terms of CVA (F = 89.04, P = 0.005, Effect 
      size = 0.47) and SA (F = 18.83, P = 0.005, Effect size = 0.16). After eight weeks 
      of selective corrective exercises, the MCID values of CVA and SA were 1.40 degrees  and 
      1.34 degrees , respectively. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that the selective 
      corrective exercises might lead to postural correction of students having FHP 
      problem. Results further indicated that a corrective exercise program would be 
      considered beneficial if it increased CVA and SA values at least 1.40 and 1.34 
      degrees, respectively.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s).
FAU - Heydari, Zahra
AU  - Heydari Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6288-3767
AD  - Department of Corrective Exercise & Sport Injury, Faculty of Physical Education 
      and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Sheikhhoseini, Rahman
AU  - Sheikhhoseini R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9885-3591
AD  - Department of Corrective Exercise & Sport Injury, Faculty of Physical Education 
      and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Western Azadi sport complex 
      boulevard, Hakim Highway, Tehran, Iran. Rahman.pt82@gmail.com.
FAU - Shahrbanian, Shahnaz
AU  - Shahrbanian S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3104-7584
AD  - Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, 
      Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Piri, Hashem
AU  - Piri H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3137-6161
AD  - Department of Corrective Exercise & Sport Injury, Faculty of Physical Education 
      and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20220427
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Pediatr
JT  - BMC pediatrics
JID - 100967804
SB  - IM
EIN - BMC Pediatr. 2022 Sep 28;22(1):564. PMID: 36171579
MH  - Exercise Therapy/methods
MH  - Head
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference
MH  - Neck
MH  - Posture
MH  - *Shoulder
MH  - Students
PMC - PMC9044875
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Exercise
OT  - Head
OT  - Minimal clinically important difference
OT  - Posture
OT  - Shoulder
COIS- There is no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/04/29 06:00
MHDA- 2022/04/30 06:00
PMCR- 2022/04/27
CRDT- 2022/04/28 05:12
PHST- 2021/12/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/04/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/04/28 05:12 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/04/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/04/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/04/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12887-022-03300-7 [pii]
AID - 3300 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12887-022-03300-7 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Pediatr. 2022 Apr 27;22(1):230. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03300-7.