Comparison of the effect of two approaches of reposture training and selected corrective exercises on pain and complications of upper cross syndrome in middle-aged men

Comparison of the effects of two postural habit retraining approaches and selected corrective exercises on pain and complications of upper cruciate syndrome in middle-aged men.

A randomized clinical trial study, single-blind, Factorial, 30 randomized to two intervention groups and a control group

Participants are divided into two groups of intervention and control groups. This study was single-blind and the outcome assessor is blind to interventions. This study will be conducted in the faculty of physical education at Kharazmi university. The protocols are 8 weeks and three 40-minute sessions per week.

Having a head-forward deformity greater than 46 degrees, Round shoulder greater than 52 degrees, Kyphosis greater than 42 degrees, Men with an age range of 30-59 years

Intervention group 1: Corrective exercise protocol - Exercises were performed for six weeks and three sessions per week for the exercise group. The duration of each training session was 40 minutes, consisting of 5 minutes of warming up and 5 minutes of cooling down. the exercises include 3 levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The exercises are aimed at strengthening and stretching the muscles of the upper limbs and the supporting muscles of the neck. Intervention group 2: Exercises to retrain postural habits These exercises include teaching ergonomic considerations and postural habits of a person during daily life in activities such as standing, walking, sitting, sleeping, reading, using a computer, and other activities that were performed repeatedly and continuously during the day. These subjects were taught three times a week for 40 minutes. Control group: without any intervention. During this period

Visual Analogue Scale, Forward Head, kyphosis, rounded shoulders

After the initial evaluation, randomization was done using randomization blocks of 4 methods. Patients are randomly assigned to one of two groups through four random blocks. A member of the research team who is not involved in the selection of samples will determine the randomization sequence using an online randomization system (randomizer.org). Participants will be notified of their group allocation with a sealed envelope

In this study, the outcome assessor is blind to the groups’ randomization and interventions receiving by participants. in this way, during the evaluation before and after the intervention protocol, they do not make mistakes in their judgments in favour of a specific therapeutic intervention.