TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of posture-correction interventions for mechanical neck pain and posture among people with forward head posture
T2 - protocol for a systematic review
AU - Balthillaya, Ganesh M.
AU - Parsekar, Shradha S.
AU - Gangavelli, Ranganath
AU - Prabhu, Narayan
AU - Bhat, Shyamasunder N.
AU - Rao, Bhamini Krishna
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Manipal College of Health Professions (MCHP), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal for providing logistic support and infrastructure to carry out this systematic review.
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PY - 2022/3/9
Y1 - 2022/3/9
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Forward head posture (FHP) is the most common postural deviation of the upper back. It is believed to be one of the predisposing factors for the development of mechanical neck pain (MNP). We propose doing a systematic review to find the effectiveness of interventions targeted on FHP with MNP and assess implementation fidelity associated with these interventions. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Medline (PubMed), Web of Science (Social Science Citation Index), EMBASE, Scopus, PEDro and CINAHL databases will be searched for studies published in English from their inception. Forward and backward citations of the included studies will be investigated for identifying additional records. We will include randomised controlled trials and non/quasi-experimental studies with two groups assessing the effectiveness of interventions targeted on FHP with MNP. Observational studies, non-randomised studies with single group and reviews will be excluded. We will consider the following outcome measures: postural variables of FHP, neck pain, performance-based functional disability scores of the neck, quality of life, basic activities of daily living and work-related outcomes. The unique citations will be screened by titles/abstracts and full texts, independently. The Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool will be used to critically appraise the included studies. The risk of bias and data abstraction of included studies will be undertaken independently. A qualitative synthesis will be conducted and, if sufficient studies with comparable outcome measures are available, we will statistically pool the result. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: We will undertake a systematic review of primary studies, and will not directly recruit participants hence, ethical clearance is not applicable. We will aim to present the findings of the completed systematic review at an international conference and subsequently submit the manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal for publication. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42021250310.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Forward head posture (FHP) is the most common postural deviation of the upper back. It is believed to be one of the predisposing factors for the development of mechanical neck pain (MNP). We propose doing a systematic review to find the effectiveness of interventions targeted on FHP with MNP and assess implementation fidelity associated with these interventions. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Medline (PubMed), Web of Science (Social Science Citation Index), EMBASE, Scopus, PEDro and CINAHL databases will be searched for studies published in English from their inception. Forward and backward citations of the included studies will be investigated for identifying additional records. We will include randomised controlled trials and non/quasi-experimental studies with two groups assessing the effectiveness of interventions targeted on FHP with MNP. Observational studies, non-randomised studies with single group and reviews will be excluded. We will consider the following outcome measures: postural variables of FHP, neck pain, performance-based functional disability scores of the neck, quality of life, basic activities of daily living and work-related outcomes. The unique citations will be screened by titles/abstracts and full texts, independently. The Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool will be used to critically appraise the included studies. The risk of bias and data abstraction of included studies will be undertaken independently. A qualitative synthesis will be conducted and, if sufficient studies with comparable outcome measures are available, we will statistically pool the result. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: We will undertake a systematic review of primary studies, and will not directly recruit participants hence, ethical clearance is not applicable. We will aim to present the findings of the completed systematic review at an international conference and subsequently submit the manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal for publication. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42021250310.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054691
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054691
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35264350
AN - SCOPUS:85126174773
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 12
SP - e054691
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 3
M1 - e054691
ER -