NCT04686123

Efficacy of a Supervised Intervention Protocol on Rounded Shoulder Posture and Shoulder ROM Among Saudi Young Females

Effectiveness of Strengthening and Stretching Exercise on the Resting Length of Pectoralis Minor Muscle and Shoulder Flexion of Young Females With Rounded Shoulder Posture

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: King Saud University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Shortening of pectoralis minor (PMi) muscle affects the scapular excursion that results in limited shoulder flexion range of motion (SFROM). The purpose is to evaluate the effect of Stretching of PM muscle along with the strengthening of lower trapezius (LTR) muscle to increase the length of PM muscle (PML) and limited SFROM in young adult females with rounded shoulder posture.

Detailed description

Shortening of pectoralis minor (PMi) muscle affects the scapular excursion that results in limited shoulder flexion range of motion (SFROM). The purpose is to evaluate the effect of Stretching of PM muscle along with the strengthening of lower trapezius (LTR) muscle to increase the length of PM muscle (PML) and limited SFROM in young adult females with rounded shoulder posture. Randomized sixty female subjects with rounded shoulder posture into two groups: Group A performed active Stretching of PMi along with the strengthening of LTR muscle(n=30); group B performed dynamic Stretching of PMi muscle only. Scores of outcome measures were recorded before and post interventions on day 0, day10th, and day21st, respectively.

Conditions

• Postural; Defect

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Active Stretching or Self-stretching exercises	Pectoralis minor muscle was actively stretched under the supervision of a physiotherapist as follows: - 2 sets of 3-stretches/session/day, for 5 consecutive days a week, for 3 weeks
OTHER	Active strengthening Or Self-Strengthening exercises	Lower trapezius muscle was strengthened under the supervision of a physiotherapist as follows: -2 sets of 5-rep./session/day, for 5 consecutive days in 1st week, progressed to 10 and 20 reps./session/day for 2 weeks and 3 weeks respectively.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-29
• Primary completion: 2019-12-26
• Completion: 2020-02-27
• First posted: 2020-12-28
• Last updated: 2020-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia