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| Article Name : | | | EFFECTS OF PNF STRETCHING EXERCISES ON NECK PAIN, TRIGGER POINT, AND RANGE OF MOTION OF NECK IN FEMALES WITH CHRONIC NECK PAIN | | Author Name : | | | Fereshteh Motamedi , Reza Mahdavinejad | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-328 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Antroduction: Chronic pains are one of the major health problems throughout the world. Around the world, chronic pains are the most common cause of human suffering, disability and seriously affect the quality of human life. In the meantime, neck pain and its complications are the most common causes of disability and pain in different societies. PNF stretching exercises as one of the non-pharmacological methods of pain relief, reduce pain, improve range of motion, and increase satisfaction. Methodology: in this clinical trial, ten people were chosen randomly among female employee aged 20-45 with chronic neck pain who had trigger points. Before starting the treatment, severity of pain was measured by Pain index Visual analog scale. Also, before and after the treatment, range of neck motion was measured by Goniometer. Then, ten treatment sessions were done by PNF stretching exercises with CR technique twice a week for five weeks. After finishing the treatment sessions, the severity of pain and the range of neck motion were assessed for the second time. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze the data. SPSS 20 was used for all calculations. | | Keywords : | | - neck pain
- pnf exercises
- range of motion
- chronic pain
- trigger points
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