Comparison of active and passive stiffness of neck muscles during craniocervical flexion task in people with and without head forward

Document Type : Human Research

Researchers

• Mohammad Karimi Zadeh Ardakani ¹
• Fatemeh Riazi ²
• Hamed Moussavi ³
• Ebrahim Ramazani ⁴

¹ Department of health and sport medicine, Faculty of physical education

² Department of Sports injury, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Health, University of Tehran

³ Department of Health and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education

⁴ Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences

Ministerial Ethics Committee

Approval ID

• Forward head posture
• Muscle stiffness
• Cranio-cervical flexion test
• Neck disability index

Main Subjects

• Sport Injuries and Biomechanics