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ABSTRACT Introduction Cervicalgia generally refers to the pain syndrome caused by the cervical spine, joints, muscles, ligaments, fascia, soft tissues around the shoulder joint, and visceral diseases. Evidence suggests that resistance exercises are beneficial in solving this dysfunction in various groups, but there is no consensus in athletes. Objective This paper examines functional exercises' effect on athletes' cervicalgia. Methods Using mathematical statistics, the article randomizes equally the intensity of cervicalgia in the control and experimental groups, involving 60 individuals aged 18 to 20 years (31 males). While the control group received conventional rehabilitation treatment, the experimental group had a functional exercise training protocol three times a week, of 10 weeks. The pain was assessed by visual analog scale and self-assessment of functional limitation. Results Differences in shoulder and neck pain were found between the two groups of volunteers before and after the training rehabilitation. A complete improvement was seen in 15 subjects in the experimental group versus 8 in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Functional exercise effectively treats cervicalgia in athletes. Evidence Level II; Therapeutic Studies - Investigating the result.
RESUMO Introdução A cervicalgia geralmente refere-se à síndrome de dor causada pela coluna cervical, articulações, músculos, ligamentos, fáscia, tecidos moles ao redor da articulação do ombro e doenças viscerais. Há evidências de que exercícios de resistência são benéficos para a resolução dessa disfunção em vários grupos, mas não há consenso da eficácia dos exercícios de resistência no combate à cervicalgia em esportistas. Objetivo Este artigo analisa o efeito dos exercícios funcionais na cervicalgia em esportistas. Métodos O artigo usa estatísticas matemáticas para controle randomizado equalitário na intensidade da cervicalgia nos grupos controle e experimental, envolvendo 60 indivíduos com idade entre 18 a 20 anos (31 homens). Enquanto o grupo controle passa por um tratamento de reabilitação convencional, o grupo experimental passa por um protocolo de treinamento em exercícios funcionais, na frequência de 3 vezes semanais por 2 meses e meio. A dor foi avaliada pela escala visual analógica e auto-avaliação de limitação funcional. Resultados Houve diferenças nas dores no ombro e pescoço entre os dois grupos de voluntários, antes e depois do treinamento de reabilitação. Houve melhora completa do quadro em 15 indivíduos no grupo experimental contra 8 no grupo controle (P<0,05). Conclusão O exercício funcional trata efetivamente cervicalgia nos esportistas. Nível de evidência II; Estudos Terapêuticos - Investigação de Resultados.
RESUMEN Introducción La cervicalgia se refiere generalmente al síndrome de dolor causado por la columna cervical, las articulaciones, los músculos, los ligamentos, la fascia, los tejidos blandos alrededor de la articulación del hombro y los trastornos viscerales. Existen pruebas de que los ejercicios de resistencia son beneficiosos para la resolución de esta disfunción en varios grupos, pero no hay consenso sobre la eficacia de los ejercicios de resistencia para combatir la cervicalgia en los deportistas. Objetivo Este artículo analiza el efecto de los ejercicios funcionales sobre la cervicalgia en los deportistas. Métodos El artículo utiliza estadísticas matemáticas para el control aleatorio de la intensidad del dolor de cuello en los grupos de control y experimental, en el que participaron 60 individuos de entre 18 y 20 años (31 hombres). Mientras que el grupo de control se somete a un tratamiento de rehabilitación convencional, el grupo experimental se somete a un protocolo de entrenamiento de ejercicios funcionales, con una frecuencia de 3 veces por semana durante 2 meses y medio. El dolor se evaluó mediante una escala analógica visual y la autoevaluación de la limitación funcional. Resultados Hubo diferencias en el dolor de hombro y cuello entre los dos grupos de voluntarios antes y después del entrenamiento de rehabilitación. Hubo una mejora completa en 15 individuos del grupo experimental frente a 8 del grupo de control (P<0,05). Conclusión El ejercicio funcional trata eficazmente la cervicalgia en los deportistas. Nivel de evidencia II; Estudios terapéuticos - Investigación de resultados.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Young Adult , Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Athletes , Endurance Training , Case-Control Studies , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping and sham Kinesio Taping on pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical range of motion, and disability in cervical myofascial pain syndrome patients (MPS). Methods: This study was designed as a randomized, double-blind placebo controlled study. Sixty-one patients with MPS were randomly assigned into two groups. Group 1 (n = 31) was treated with Kinesio Taping and group 2 (n = 30) was treated sham taping five times by intervals of 3 days for 15 days. Additionally, all patients were given neck exercise program. Patients were evaluated according to pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical range of motion and disability. Pain was assessed by using Visual Analog Scale, pressure pain threshold was measured by using an algometer, and active cervical range of motion was measured by using goniometry. Disability was assessed with the neck pain disability index disability. Measurements were taken before and after the treatment. Results: At the end of the therapy, there were statistically significant improvements on pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical range of motion, and disability (p < 0.05) in both groups. Also there was a statistical difference between the groups regarding pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical flexion-extension (p < 0.05); except cervical rotation, cervical lateral flexion and disability (p > 0.05). Conclusion: This study shows that Kinesio Taping leads to improvements on pain, pressure pain threshold and cervical range of motion, but not disability in short time. Therefore, Kinesio Taping can be used as an alternative therapy method in the treatment of patients with MPS.
Resumo Objetivo Investigar a eficácia do kinesio taping e do taping placebo sobre a dor, limiar de dor à pressão, amplitude de movimento cervical e incapacidade em pacientes com síndrome dolorosa miofascial (SDM) cervical. Métodos: Ensaio clínico randomizado duplo-cego controlado por placebo. Foram alocados em dois grupos, aleatoriamente, 61 pacientes com SDM. O grupo 1 (n = 31) foi tratado com kinesio taping e o grupo 2 (n = 30) foi tratado com taping placebo cinco vezes em intervalos de três dias, durante 15 dias. Além disso, todos os pacientes foram submetidos a um programa de exercícios para o pescoço. Os pacientes foram avaliados em relação à dor, ao limiar de dor à pressão, à amplitude de movimento cervical e à incapacidade. A dor foi avaliada com a escala visual analógica, o limiar de dor à pressão foi medido com um algômetro e a amplitude de movimento cervical ativa foi mensurada com a goniometria. A incapacidade foi avaliada com o Neck Pain Disability Scale. As mensurações foram feitas antes e depois do tratamento. Resultados: No fim do tratamento, houve melhoria estatisticamente significativa na dor, no limiar de dor à pressão, na amplitude de movimento cervical e na incapacidade (p < 0,05) em ambos os grupos. Também houve uma diferença estatisticamente significativa entre os grupos em relação à dor, ao limiar de dor à pressão e à flexão-extensão cervical (p < 0,05); não houve diferença na rotação cervical, flexão lateral cervical e incapacidade (p > 0,05). Conclusão: O kinesio taping leva à melhoria na dor, no limiar de dor à pressão e na amplitude de movimento cervical, mas não na incapacidade em um curto período. Portanto, o kinesio taping pode ser usado como um método de terapia opcional para o tratamento de pacientes com SDM.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Young Adult , Cervical Vertebrae/physiopathology , Neck Pain/therapy , Exercise Therapy/methods , Athletic Tape , Myofascial Pain Syndromes/therapy , Pain Measurement , Double-Blind Method , Range of Motion, Articular/physiology , Treatment Outcome , Pain Threshold/psychology , Neck Pain/physiopathology , Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Disability Evaluation , Muscle Strength/physiology , Middle Aged , Myofascial Pain Syndromes/physiopathology , Myofascial Pain Syndromes/rehabilitationABSTRACT
Background: The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal complaints in dentists is high and the past two decades have witnessed a sharp rise in the incidence of various disorders. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain ranges between 64% and 93%. The most effected regions have been back and neck. Various studies have been done to record stress levels and health-related behaviors of dentists in other countries but limited data is available among the Indian dentists. Materials and Methods: Therefore a questionnaire survey was carried out among 102 Indian dentists belonging to different fields having at least one musculoskeletal disorder in last 6 months. Results: The total sample consists of 80 males and 22 females. Out of the 102 over 97 of dentists had sought medical advice for these disorders during the previous 06 months and 74 of them also consulted the physiotherapist for exercises and ergonomic advice. The number of sessions taken for regular physical exercises was minimum 6 till 44 the most. The percentage of improvement in symptoms varied between 20% and 80%. Conclusions: A significant direct correlation between the number of sessions taken for physical activity and the self-perceived improvement in the symptoms was found using the Pearson correlation test. The work-related musculoskeletal disorders among dentists not only decrease their efficiency but also is a major concern among them. Self-awareness and benefits of regular exercise is the need of the hour.
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Back Pain/complications , Back Pain/prevention & control , Back Pain/rehabilitation , Dentistry , Dentists , Exercise Therapy , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Ergonomics , Humans , India , Male , Motor Activity , Musculoskeletal Diseases/complications , Musculoskeletal Diseases/prevention & control , Musculoskeletal Diseases/rehabilitation , Neck Pain/complications , Neck Pain/prevention & control , Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Diseases/rehabilitationABSTRACT
Background :There is a paucity of literature on validated outcome measurement tools for evaluation of neck pain and related disability in the Asian context. Aim :The main aim of the present study was to design a new tool called neck pain functional limitation scale (NPFLS) for measuring disability related to neck pain and observe its reliability, concurrent validity and criterion validity. Setting and design :This study was performed at the institutional hospital. Materials and methods :A total of 157 subjects (neck pain group) and 25 control subjects (control group) without neck pain were recruited for this study. NPFLS was framed as a new tool for this study, which consisted of 5 domains - pain intensity, activities of daily living, social activities, functional activities and psychological factors. Neck Bournemouth questionnaire (NBQ) was used as a gold standard to measure the concurrent validity and criterion validity of the NPFLS. Statistical analysis :Criterion validity and concurrent validity between the neck Bournemouth questionnaire (NBQ) and NPFLS scores were tested statistically using Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlation test. The reliability was tested by examining the internal consistency to calculate the Cronbach's alpha value for each item in NPFLS. Results : No significant difference between NPFLS and NBQ was observed using Mann-Whitney U Test, with P value greater than 0.05 (P= 0.557). Besides that, NPFLS had a high concurrent validity (r= 0.916) and good internal consistency with high Cronbach's alpha value of (r= 0.948), which demonstrated strong correlation between the items of NPFLS and NBQ. Conclusion : NPFLS demonstrated good reliability, high concurrent validity and criterion validity in this study. NPFLS can be used to assess neck pain and disability among patients with neck pain.
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Activities of Daily Living , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Asia , Confidence Intervals , Cross-Sectional Studies , Disability Evaluation , Female , Health Status Indicators , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Male , Middle Aged , Neck Pain/diagnosis , Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Pain Measurement/methods , Physical Therapy Modalities , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Statistics as Topic , Young AdultABSTRACT
El dolor cervical, asociado o no a otros síntomas, es uno de los motivos más comunes de consulta en un departamento de Medicina Física y de Rehabilitación. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo, longitudinal y no probabilistico para evaluar la efectividad del tratamiento rehabilitador del síndrome cervical doloroso a través de la aplicación de la escala del dolor de Borg en pacientes que asistieron a consulta externa del Hospital Atdo Chavarría en el período de abril del 2007 a enero del 2008. De estos pacientes 65 fueron varones y 85 fueron mujeres. Las patologías que se encontraron frecuentes en el sexo masculino son las siguientes: 29 casos de contractura muscular, 26 casos de osteoartrosis cervical y 10 casos de radiculopatia cervical más osteoartrosis cervical. En el sexo femenino las patologías que se encontraron frecuentes fueron : 37 casos de contractura muscular, 23 casos de osteoartrosis cervical y 25 casos de radiculopatía cervical más osteoartrosis. Entre los síntomas del aparato locomotor relacionados con cervicalgia independientemente del sexo se hallá que había dolor irradiado a 1 ó 2 miembros superiores en 68 de los casos estudiados y parestesias en 1 6 2 miembros superiores en 63 de los casos. Había dolor lumbar en 15 de los casos y dolor dorsal en 5 de los pacientes. El síntoma dolor fue evaluado antes y después del tratamiento mediante la escala del dolor de Borg. Los cortes evaluativos se hicieron cada 5 sesiones de tratamiento siendo la número 15 la final. Se obtuvieron los siguientes resultados: al inicio del tratamiento se ubicaron en el nivel 6 a 11(7.3%) de los pacientes, en el nivel 7 a 52 (34%) de los pacientes, en el nivel 8 a 48 (32%) de los pacientes, en el nivel 9 a 23(15%) d elos pacientes y en el nivel 10 a16(10.6%) de los pacientes. El tratamiento rehabilitador fue efectivo para el 55.3% de lo pacientes que disminuyeron su dolor a nivel 0. Un 26 disminuyó el dolor al nivel 1 y el 13.3% refieren un dolor constante...
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Contracture/complications , Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Neck Pain/therapy , Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine , Osteoarthritis/complications , Radiculopathy/complicationsABSTRACT
A associação entre vertigem e dor cervical é queixa frequente no ambulatório de otoneurologia, porém o diagnóstico da vertigem cervical de origem proprioceptiva e seu tratamento são ainda controversos....
Dizziness an cervical pain are complaints that are often associated in the otoneurologic patients, however the diagnosis of cervical proprioceptive dizziness and its treatment are still controversial...
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Neck Pain/rehabilitation , Exercise Therapy , Vertigo/rehabilitation , Physical Therapy ModalitiesABSTRACT
La programación neurolinguistica (PNL), es un modelo de comunicación humana orientado, tanto a la interacción externa como a la comunicación interna. Se fundamenta en que mente y cuerpo son una unidad y permite conocer como funciona nuestra mente y cómo usar este conocimiento para programarnos a nosotros mismos, para así lograr una mejor comunicación, empatía y colaboración con nuestros pacientes, siendo facilitadores del cambio que uno quiere lograr. A modo de ejemplo, se tomó un grupo de pacientes con movilidad cervical restringida, con un diagnóstico médico de cervicalgia, el cual, independientemente de las técnicas kinésicas empleadas, con la PNL logró un mayor rango de movilidad