Variables | Treatment | 1st Treatment | 4th Treatment | 8th Treatment | 2 weeks post-treatment | 4 weeks post-treatment | ||||||
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Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | |||
Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | |||
Forward head position (deg) | CVA in sitting | Before | 41,4 (3,2) | 42,4 (3,2) | 43,7 (3,1) | 43,7 (3,6) | 46,4 (2,7) | 44,6 (3,20) | 49,2 (2,6) | 44,2 (3,3) | 48,6 (2,4) | 43,5 (3,0) |
After | 45,7 (2,8) | 43,4 (2,9) | 47,3 (3,6) | 45,0 (2,8) | 49,9 (2,7) | 46,0 (3,0) | ||||||
CVA in standing | Before | 46,9 (1,6) | 47,0 (2,8) | 48,7 (2,0) | 47,2 (2,3) | 50,8 (1,6) | 48,7 (2,4) | 52,6 (2,0) | 48,5 (2,4) | 52,0 (1,9) | 47,1 (2,6) | |
After | 50,3 (1,7) | 48,0 (2,2) | 52,1 (2,1) | 48,9 (2,0) | 54,1 (1,5) | 50,5 (2,1) | ||||||
Pain | VAS scale | Before | 6,1 (1,3) | 4,0 (2,3) | 3,1 (1,8) | 2,8 (2,0) | 0,4 (0,3) | 1,5 (1,4) | 0,4 (0,5) | 2,0 (1,5) | 0,6 (0,5) | 2,5 (1,6) |
After | 3,6 (1,5) | 3,4 (2,1) | 1,6 (1,4) | 1,9 (1,3) | 0,2 (0,4) | 0,9 (0,9) | ||||||
Cervical range of motion (deg) | Flexion | Before | 58,7 (8,5) | 54,5 (9,8) | 64,2 (12,7) | 54,4 (12,2) | 69,7 (9,4) | 58,2 (11,0) | 70,2 (7,9) | 55,8 (8,9) | 69,0 (6,1) | 55,3 (8,6) |
After | 64,7 (6,6) | 58,1 (9,6) | 70,1 (9,7) | 61,4 (8,6) | 71,4 (9,2) | 62,9 (12,3) | ||||||
extension | Before | 54,5 (12,7) | 53,0 (8,8) | 59,6 (9,2) | 57,2 (9,8) | 63,5 (10,7) | 61,1 (11,9) | 65,2 (8,6) | 61,5 (10,3) | 65,4 (9,3) | 60,4 (11,4) | |
After | 60,6 (11,8) | 52,9 (11,3) | 68,7 (13,5) | 61,4 (10,10) | 67,5 (9,4) | 59,5 (8,9) | ||||||
Lateral flexion (right) | Before | 42,8 (7,9) | 36,0 (8,7) | 49,7 (9,3) | 40,0 (14,3) | 55,0 (7,8) | 46,2 (15,2) | 58,1 (10,4) | 45,1 (12,9) | 58,5 (8,9) | 43,0 (14,5) | |
After | 46,5 (5,8) | 43,6 (11,5) | 56,2 (9,42) | 43,8 (11,5) | 62,3 (8,6) | 49,4 (11,5) | ||||||
Lateral flexion (left) | Before | 43,0 (6,3) | 37,0 (4,8) | 48,3 (9,6) | 41,8 (11,7) | 57,3 (9,6) | 47,0 (12,9) | 57,1 (9,6) | 46,4 (12,5) | 58,4 (9,9) | 46,7 (13,2) | |
After | 47,8 (6,2) | 44,5 (9,6) | 56,5 (9,8) | 45,5 (12,3) | 64,6 (9,4) | 51,7 (9,6) | ||||||
Rotation (right) | Before | 62,5 (17,0) | 61,5 (17,8) | 73,4 (16,4) | 62,3 (17,1) | 75,2 (6,3) | 65,1 (18,9) | 80,3 (7,8) | 66,4 (20,6) | 75,6 (11,8) | 63,2 (17,9) | |
After | 76,0 (14,2) | 57,8 (16,3) | 78,5 (10,92) | 66,1 (18,4) | 83,0 (5,9) | 70,4 (20,7) | ||||||
rotation (left) | Before | 64,5 (14,1) | 62,4 (17,5) | 70,5 (13,5) | 64,6 (16,3) | 76,6 (7,3) | 66,3 (16,9) | 79,9 (5,0) | 69,3 (18,7) | 79,0 (4,9) | 64,0 (16,9) | |
After | 76,5 (15,1) | 61,9 (17,6) | 78,8 (13,4) | 68,6 (17,5) | 84,0 (6,1) | 67,8 (17,7) | ||||||
Strength (kgr) | Flexion | Before | 24,8 (13,2) | 16,4 (3,9) | 26,3 (8,8) | 18,2 (7,0) | 33,3 (10,5) | 27,0 (9,9) | 34,5 (9,7) | 27,7 (10,6) | 37,1 (12,5) | 28,0 (10,5) |
After | 30,0 (8,4) | 19,7 (7,2) | 32,1 (11,9) | 22,2 (8,7) | 40,3 (12,0) | 29,2 (12,2) | ||||||
Extension | Before | 83,6 (22,3) | 77,6 (30,8) | 95,1 (35,1) | 89,6 (44,3) | 109,1 (34,6) | 99,3 (51,7) | 108,0 (35,4) | 99,7 (50,4) | 111,3 (31,1) | 95,0 (45,5) | |
After | 90,4 (20,7) | 76,5 (32,7) | 103,0 (32,6) | 92,2 (50,5) | 127,1 (28,4) | 104,1 (51,8) | ||||||
Lateral flexion (right) | Before | 35,1 (20,7) | 30,4 (10,5) | 42,1 (17,1) | 35,5 (10,7) | 44,0 (17,1) | 48,3 (20,8) | 48,0 (16,6) | 46,9 (19,2) | 51,0 (14,7) | 47,1 (18,4) | |
After | 44,3 (23,2) | 30,3 (12,2) | 45,3 (23,2) | 38,9 (11,5) | 50,3 (16,8) | 55,8 (25,9) | ||||||
Lateral flexion (left) | Before | 39,3 (29,3) | 29,5 (9,6) | 39,7 (25,5) | 35,1 (14,7) | 47,7 (23,4) | 47,1 (26,2) | 47,7 (17,4) | 43,6 (17,5) | 50,8 (13,3) | 43,4 (17,8) | |
After | 46,3 (26,6) | 32,6 (12,7) | 46,5 (26,2) | 41,7 (14,1) | 54,0 (22,3) | 52,6 (28,9) | ||||||
Disability | Neck disability Index | before | 31,4 (10,1) | 29 (11,1) | 18,6 (6,7) | 25 (10,8) | 11,8 (3,9) | 23 (10,5) | 9,8 (3,6) | 22,2 (9,2) | 6,2 (1,9) | 23,2 (7,2) |