ABSTRACT

Background: With the rising demands of computers with the fast growing Information technology Industry, the numbers of hours spent working after computers have also been drastically increased. This in turn have lead to increase in the number of work related musculoskeletal problems related to neck and upper limbs as sitting with the forward head posture in front of computers lead to changes in cervical spine curvature, which if continued for longer duration can lead to Cervical spine degeneration which can thereby lead to forward head posture, during which the head remains forward to the body’s line of gravity . Forward headed posture is common in all age groups more prominently found in 25-50 years of age and can be measured by assessing Craniovertebral angle. The purpose of this article is to focus on different methods used to measure the Craniovertebral angle thereby measuring the forward head posture as to best of our knowledge no article have been reported so far which have covered all the methods to measures the Craniovertebral angle in Forward head posture. Mehtodology: The PUBMED and the other search engine/databases (Cochrane database / EMBASE / PEDro / CINAHL) were searched. Studies including craniovertebral angle & forward head posture assessment were included. Studies done before 2003 were excluded. Results: Total 22 relevant studies were found. After removing the duplicates, articles with abstract only and articles published in language other than English, 12 relevant studies meeting the Inclusion criteria were reviewed in detail as they measured CVA for assessment of Forward head posture & neck posture. Conclusion: With this review it is found that the FHP assessment for CVA is valid and reliable outcome measure. There are different methodologies that are used to assess the CVA which are reliable and valid. Keywords: Cranio-vertebral angle, Forward head posture, cervical spine curvature, musculoskeletal problems, Computer
Publication date: 15/10/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.10.1056