journal of motor and behavioral sciences

journal of motor and behavioral sciences

The effect of 4 weeks corrective and elastic band exercises on craniovertebral angle and some selected factors of cervicogenic headache among female of Kerman

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Abdolhamid Daneshjoo
Asma Shamsaddini
Mansour Sahebozamani
Department of Sports Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of 4 weeks corrective and elastic band exercises on frequency, intensity, duration and quality of cervicogenic headache. Material and methods: Twenty four female with forwarded head position (Mean ± SD; age 33.4 ± 8.9 y, weight 63.7 ± 10 kg, height 1.6± 0.1 m) were objectively selectead and randomly divided equally into 2 groups; elastic band and corrective exercises. Frequency, intensity, duration of headache, neck disability index and angle before and one week after intervention were evaluated as a dependent variable. Mixed repeated measure ANOVA, Willcoxan and U-Mann Whitney methods were used for data analysis. Results: Result of this study showed significant reduction in headache frequency, intensity, duration of headache, neck disability index and angle in both groups (P0.05). Conclusion: It can be included that corrective and elastic band exercises can reduce the symptoms of cervicogenic headache and consequently treat the cervicogenic headache. It seems that 4 weeks of corrective and elastic band exercises is not enough to show differnces between groups, so it suggestive that use this training during more than 4 weeks.
Keywords
Cervicogenic headache
Forward head posture
Craniovertebral angle
journal of motor and behavioral sciences
Volume 2, Issue 4
Autumn 2019
Pages 349-362