The evaluation of the effect of therapeutic exercises programs on the rate of chronic neck pain and disability in police staff of Lorestan
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Background
Chronic neck pain is one of the common problems among computer users. The aim of this research was evaluation the effect of therapeutic exercises programs on the rate of chronic neck pain and disability in police staff in Lorestan Province.
Materials And Methods
In this semi experimental study, thirty patients with chronic neck pain with the mean age: 35.73 ± 5.68 years, height: 176.00 ± 5.43 cm and weight: 72.9 ± 10.61 and with at least six months history of neck pain were recruited by personal information questionnaire among computer users of the Police Headquarter of the Lorestan Province. The subjects were divided into two groups with 15 subjects. First group received therapeutic exercises by pamphlet, while the second one was the control group that did not receive any intervention. Neck pain and disability were measured by Neck Pain and Disability Scale at baseline and after 8 weeks intervention period. For analyzing data, first the differences between quantities of pre and post tests were measured, then evaluated by independent t- test (P<0.05). Pearson correlation was also used to consider the relation between variables.
Results
The results showed that neck pain and disability in experimental group were significant decreased compared with the control group (p<0.05). But Pearson correlation showed that there was no significant relationship between neck pain, disability and the subjects work experience (p =0. 84, r = -‌0.37).
Conclusion
According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that treatment by pamphlet would be useful for treatment of chronic neck pain. Consequently, it seems that applying this method was more helpful for the rehabilitation of patients with chronic neck pain and so it is highly recommended.
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Persian
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Journal of Police Medicine, Volume:3 Issue: 3, 2015
Pages:
193 to 202
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