期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：4
页码：1554-1562
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I4.201
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Background: FHP is defined when the head is anterior to a vertical line passing through center of gravity. Changes in muscle length caused by poor posture for a sustained period of time results in musculoskeletal problems like FHP.FHP leads to hyperextension at upper cervical spine (C1-C3) and flexion at lower cervical spine (C4-C7)4. Forward head posture increases load on upper cervical joints, which disturbs periphery to central transmission of kinesthetic and proprioceptive signals. Kinesthesia is the ability to judge joint position, which is helpful in coordinated movements of head, trunk and extremities. Proprioception provides sensory feedback from body to nervous system; therefore contributes to the maintenance of optimal body alignment. Cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense has shown to be affected in several musculoskeletal disorders like FHP and multifactorial problems like fatigue injury, pain, effusion, disability. Objectives: To determine the change in cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense in college students due to forward head posture. Materials and Methodology: 197 healthy, asymptomatic college students participated in this study. Tragus to wall distance of all the subjects was measured to determine forward head posture. Out of 197 students, 45 students were included for further test. Kinesthetic sensibility test of the students was performed in erect sitting and habitual sitting while performing Right rotation, Left rotation, Flexion and Extension. Result: There was no significant change in cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense while erect sitting and habitual sitting during right rotation, left rotation, flexion and extension. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to determine the effect of effect of forward head posture on cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense in subjects without neck pain. However, there was no significant difference in in cervicocephalic kinesthetic sense.
关键词：Forward Head Posture;Neck Proprioception;Cerviovephalic Kinesthetic Sense
