The goal of this Randomized clinical trial is to learn about how fixing neck curvature and head posture right away affects heart rate, brainwaves, and muscle coordination in college athletes. The main question it aims to answer:
\- Whether forward head posture (FHP) may play a crucial role in affecting heart rate variability, brainwaves, and muscle coordination.
Anterior head translation (AHT) >15 mm
Absolute rotatory angle C2 to C7 is <25°
Athletic student
Inflammatory joint disease or other systemic pathologies
Prior history of overt injury and surgery relating to the musculoskeletal system, or disorder related to the spine and extremities
Musculoskeletal pain in the previous three months.
Parallel
Denneroll cervical traction orthodontic
DeviceThe duration of each session will start at approximately three minutes and increase by one minute per session until reaching the goal of 20 minutes per session. The intervention will be repeated three times per week for 10 weeks in the supervised setting.
Cervical Sagittal Alignment Radiographs
The change of cervical lordosis from the absolute rotatory angle C2-7.
Cervical Sagittal Alignment Radiographs
The amount of the change in the anterior head translation from the horizontal offset of the posterior superior body corner of C2 relative to the vertical line.
Heart rate Variability (HRV) physiological parameter
The change in Heart rate through Electrocardiographic recordings (ECG) will be monitored using a Nexus-10 physiologic monitoring system. Recordings will be made simultaneously through three separate channels. The ground electrode will be placed below the left clavicle, the cathode (-) below the right clavicle and the anode (+) will be placed on the third rib, in line with the ground. HRV time parameter will be calculated from respiratory rate (RR) intervals (Standard deviation of the normal to normal intervals (SDNN), Root-mean-square of the successive normal sinus RR interval difference (RMSSD) and the percentage of absolute differences between successive normal RR intervals that exceed 50 ms (pNN50)). HRV frequency domain variable will include total power, high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) power (measured in ms2) and LF:HF ratio were derived from spectral analysis of successive R-R intervals.
Corticomuscular Coherence
The change in the ratio between Muscle activity through Electromyography (EMG) and brain waves through Electroencephalograph (EEG)
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