Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Anagha Deshmukh ¹, Khushboo Bathia ², Smita Kanase ³, Amrutkuvar Jadhav ⁴

Affiliations
1 Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
2 Department of Sports Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
3 Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
4 Department of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

Objective: To find out correlation between head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius muscle in frozen shoulder subjects.

Method: A total of 48 subjects (28 females and 20 males) between the age group 40-60 years with stage 2 of frozen shoulder were selected for the assessment of head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius. Outcome assessment for head/neck posture included cranial vertical angle (CVA), cranial rotation angle (CRA); upper trapezius trigger points were explored through palpation. Both the readings were compared and analysed by Pearson correlation test using SPSS (version 20).

Result: Poor correlation between CVA and upper trapezius trigger points-(r=0.1647) whereas correlation between CRA and trigger points in upper trapezius-(r=-0.0972) in subjects with frozen shoulder which was statistically insignificant.

Conclusion: There is weak influence of head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius. i.e. there is no greater/smaller deviational change in the forward head posture (FHP) in association with trigger points in upper trapezius in frozen shoulder subjects.

Keywords

Cranial Vertical Angle, Cranial Rotation Angle, Head/Neck Posture, Trigger Points.

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