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Exercise Plus Deep Cervical Flexor Training Improves Pain, Endurance and Function for Neck Pain

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February 2021

Exercise Plus Deep Cervical Flexor Training Improves Pain, Endurance and Function for Neck Pain

Vol: 10| Issue: 2| Number:34| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Efficacy of Deep Cervical Flexor Muscle Training on Neck Pain, Functional Disability, and Muscle Endurance in School Teachers: A Clinical Trial

Biomed Res Int. 2021 Jan 13;2021:7190808.

Contributing Authors:
ZA Iqbal AH Alghadir S Anwer

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Fifty school teachers suffering from chronic neck pain (NP) were randomized to receive conventional exercises alone (n=25) or conventional exercises combined with deep cervical flexor (DCF) muscle training using pressure biofeedback (n=25). Outcomes of interest included the following: pain evaluated on the numeric pain rating (NPR) scale, endurance of DCF muscles using the craniocervical flexion (...

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