A Study on the Effectiveness of Face-to-face Physical Therapy and Non-face-to-face Physical Therapy in Individuals With Rounded Shoulder

• 영문명: A Study on the Effectiveness of Face-to-face Physical Therapy and Non-face-to-face Physical Therapy in Individuals With Rounded Shoulder
• 발행기관: 한국전문물리치료학회
• 저자명: Young-ji Cho Min-je Kim Cho-won Park Ye-bin Cho In-A Heo Su-jin Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『한국전문물리치료학회지』제30권 제1호, 50~58쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.02.28

영문 초록

Background: This study was carried out to determine whether non-face-to-face physical therapy would have similar exercise effects to face-to-face physical therapy. Hence, we de-veloped an approach for patients, unable to visit hospitals due to circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to conduct physical therapy comfortably at home. Objects: This study aimed to compare the effects of a face-to-face and a non-face-to-face physical therapy treatment on improving a rounded shoulder posture. Methods: The participants with rounded shoulders were randomly divided into a face-to-face group (n = 15) and a non-face-to-face group (n = 15), and each group performed ex-ercises for four weeks. The exercise program consisted of the bare hands exercise, Thera-Band exercise, and foam roller exercise. The participants in the face-to-face group came to a des-ignated place to perform their exercises, and those in the non-face-to-face group performed the exercises at their own home using Google Meet (Google). Acromial height, total scapular distance (TSD), shoulder pain and dysfunction index (SPADI), and pectoralis minor thickness were measured. Data analysis was performed using the R Statistical Software (R Core Team), and a normality test was performed using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Results: There were no significant differences between the face-to-face and the non-face-to-face groups (p > 0.05). When comparing the differences before and after the exercises, both the face-to-face and the non-face-to-face groups showed significant differences in acromial height, SPADI, and pectoralis minor thickness (p < 0.05), and both groups showed no signifi-cant difference in TSD before and after the exercises (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study support the results of previous studies reporting that shoulder stabilization exercise and pectoralis minor stretching training improves round shoul-ders. In addition, this study revealed that both the face-to-face and the non-face-to-face physical therapy treatments had therapeutic effects.

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Acromion Muscle stretching exercises Pectoralis muscle Posture Telerehabilitation