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this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures.
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the efficacy of APECS-AI app suggested exercises and standard corrective exercises in managing non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulders posture. Forty-six subjects of both genders between (18 and 35 years old) have non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture will be enrolled in this study. The subjects will be randomized into two equal groups (n = 23 each): An intervention group (Group A), will receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app, and a control group (Group B), will perform standard corrective exercises
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| AI based exercise | Experimental | receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app |
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| standard corrective exercises | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| AI based exercise | Other | receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The craniovertebral angle | forward head posture. will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. More than 50 degrees is considered normal. | 6 weeks |
| Shoulder angle | rounded shoulder posture will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. more than 52 is considered normal | 6 weeks |
| functional disability | is measured by neck disability index (NDI). A higher score reflects a greater level of neck disorder-related disability | 6 weeks |
| pain level | It is measured by visual analogue scale (VAS). 10-cm line that represents a pain spectrum between "no pain" and "worst pain," as the word descriptions "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right serve as anchors for the 100-mm-long horizontal line | 6 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria: Subjects with non-specific neck pain who had localized neck pain felt it anywhere along the cervical spine, from the superior nuchal line to the first thoracic spinous process.
Neck pain between 3 and 8cm on a visual analogue scale. Subjects suffering from chronic (> 12 weeks) neck pain. Subjects with forward head posture with craniovertebral angle (CVA) angle less than 50 degrees.
Subjects with rounded shoulder posture as shoulder angle < 52. Subjects must not have received any pharmacological medication related to their musculoskeletal condition as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or muscle relaxant for at least three months prior to enrolment in the study.
Subjects must not have involved in any form of physical therapy or structured postural correction programs within the 6 months prior to study -
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| NESREEN FAWZY MAHMOUD | Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University | Study Director |
| PROF. Dr. ENAS FAWZY YOUSSF | Professor and Chairperson of Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of Physical Therapy | Cairo | Egypt |
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| ID | Term |
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| C537866 | Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome type Preus |
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| standard corrective exercises | Other | Each exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases |
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