28Mar 2018

IMPACT OF POSTURAL TAPING IN PATIENTS WITH FORWARD SHOULDER POSTURE.

  • Physiotherapy Department, Cairo university hospitals, Cairo; Egypt pox -11562.
  • Physical Therapy Department, College of Applied medical sciences, University of Hail?KSA ?pox.
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Background: Forward shoulder posture is a common abnormal posture. Posture taping is a new technique that recently used in rehabilitation. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Posture taping and stretching exercise on forward shoulder angle in male subjects with Forward shoulder posture. Methods: thirty male students aged between 18 to 25 years old with forward shoulder posture participated in this study. Then, the subjects were randomly and equally assigned to two groups: the stretch group and the stretch plus tape group. tape group received Posture taping on shoulder area ad. Forward shoulder angle was measured. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used for data analysis. Results: tape group showed significant within-group decrease in forward shoulder angle between first session with three other sessions (P≤0.05).There was no significant within-group difference in stretch group and between groups (P=0.20) forward shoulder angle-by-group interaction in measurement sessions was significantly different (P=0.02) Conclusion: Posture taping with stretching exercise improved forward shoulder posture in all subjects of the present study. So it is suggested as a complementary treatment with immediate effects on postural correction of forward shoulder.

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[Ahmed Abdelmoniem Ibrahim, Mohamed raffat Mohamed atteya, Ehab Mohamed Kamel, Ahmad Hamad Alanzi, Abdulrhman Hamad Abdullah, Abdulaziz Abdullah Bin Muhaysh and Abdullah Salim Hamad Albuwait. (2018); IMPACT OF POSTURAL TAPING IN PATIENTS WITH FORWARD SHOULDER POSTURE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Mar). 1306-1310] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Ahmed Abdelmoniem Ibrahim
Physiotherapy Department, Cairo university hospitals, Cairo; Egypt pox -11562.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6799      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6799

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