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Effect of Forward Head Posture Correction Added to Lumber Stabilization Exercises on Lumbopelvic Organization in Mechanical Low Back Pain Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Aliaa M Elabd, Ahmed I Elerian, Salah-Eldin B Ahmed, Haytham M Elhafez, Ahmed F Geneidy, Ahmed Atteya Ashour, Omar M Elabd

Aliaa M Elabd, Ahmed I Elerian, Salah-Eldin B Ahmed, Haytham M Elhafez, Ahmed F Geneidy, Ahmed Atteya Ashour, Omar M Elabd – Effect of Forward Head Posture Correction Added to Lumber Stabilization Exercises on Lumbopelvic Organization in Mechanical Low Back Pain Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Fizjoterapia Polska 2020; 20(3); 132-140

Abstract
Background. Although current Lumbar Stabilization Exercises (LSEs) is beneficial for chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP), further research is recommended focusing on normalizing sagittal lumbopelvic alignment. Subjects with forward head posture (FHP) possibly have a problem with the regulation of static upright posture.
Purpose. This study was conducted to determine the effects of adding FHP correction to LSEs on pain, functions and lumbopelvic sagittal alignment in CMLBP patients.
Materials and Methods. Forty adult patients with CMLBP and FHP were assigned into one of two groups. Group A received FHP correction exercises in addition to LSEs for 12 weeks, while group B received only lumber stabilization for 12 weeks. The primary outcome was lumber lordosis (LL). Secondary outcomes included pain intensity, back specific physical functioning, cranio-vertebral angle (CVA), pelvic tilt (PT), pelvic incidence (PI), and sacral slope (SS). Patients were assessed pre and post treatment by an assessor blinded to the patients’ allocation. Reported data was analyzed by Mixed-model-MANOVA.
Results. MANOVA indicated a significant group-by-time interaction (P= 0.00, Partial η2= 0.65). LL, Pain, and SS were reduced in group A more than B. Physical function, CVA, and PT were increased in A when compared to B. There was no significant group-by-time interaction for PI. Within-group comparisons revealed significant differences for all measured variables in both groups except for CVA and PI in the control one.
Conclusion. The addition of FHP correction to LSEs for management of CMLBP seemed to positively affect pain, functioning, and lumbopelvic organization.
Key words:
Exercises, Low Back Pain, Posture, Stabilization
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The level of anxiety and the attitudes of physiotherapists towards mentally disabled children

Zbigniew Śliwiński, Justyna Wójcik, Małgorzata Starczyńska, Zofia Śliwińska

Z. Śliwiński, J. Wójcik, M. Starczyńska, Z. Śliwińska – The level of anxiety and the attitudes of physiotherapists towards mentally disabled children. FP 2014; 14(2); 40-50

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this paper is to analyse the attitudes of physiotherapists towards mentally disabled children and to analyse the influence of their attitudes on their anxiety level.
Method: The study comprised 67 respondents; 37 students of physiotherapy and 30 physiotherapists who work in special care centres. Both research groups were asked to fill out an STAI Questionnaire which determines the level of anxiety as a state and anxiety as a trait, as well as author’s original questionnaire (Scale of Attitudes of Physiotherapists Towards Mentally Disabled Children).
Results: Both research groups present positive attitudes towards mentally disabled children. The research indicates that a more positive attitude towards mentally disabled children is presented by physiotherapists who work in special care centres, as compared to the other research group. A higher level of anxiety as a state is experienced by the students of physiotherapy.
Conclusions: Anxiety may influence the attitudes of physiotherapists toward mentally disabled children. It may be inferred that the higher the score of assessment of positive attitude towards mentally disabled children, the lower the level of anxiety in physiotherapists and students of physiotherapy.

Key words:
anxiety, attitude, mental disability, physiotherapist

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