Mat Pilates for kids with upper crossed syndrome
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests if Mat Pilates can reduce pain and improve posture in school-going children with a specific forward head and rounded shoulder condition called upper crossed syndrome. It may help your child feel better and stand straighter.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child must be between 8 and 16 years old.
- Your child must be currently attending school.
- Your child must have a thoracic kyphosis angle (curve of the upper back) between 20 and 40 degrees.
- Your child must have a craniovertebral angle (measure of forward head posture) less than 48 degrees.
- Your child cannot have any systemic disorders (diseases affecting the whole body).
- Your child cannot have had a recent injury or any physical or sensory problems.
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