Comparing the effectiveness of myofascial techniques with massage in persons with upper crossed syndrome (preliminary report)

Zmienna/ Variable	Grupa I/ Group 1		Grupa II/ Group 1I
Zmienna/ Variable	Śr.±SD/ Mean±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr.±SD/ Mean±SD	min-maks/ min-max
Wiek [lata]/ Age [years]	32±12,77	17-51	36±12,52	21-55
Masa ciała [kg]/ Body weight [kg]	55±9,90*	46-76	72±13,80*	52-98
Wysokość ciała [cm]/ Body height [cm]	163±8,19	155-176	170±6,27	160-178
BMI [kg/m2]/ BMI [kg/m2]	20,1±4,00*	17,2-29,7	24,8±3,78*	19,4-30,9

1* variable values differ significantly between the groups (p<0.05)

Tab. 2.

Ranges of motion of the cervical spine and suprasternale height prior to the therapy, during the therapy (1^st and 5^th day) and 14 days after its completion in group 1 (individuals undergoing the therapy with myofascial techniques)

Badany parametr/ Parameter		Moment wykonania pomiaru/ Measurement performance
		przed terapią/ prior to the therapy		1 dnia po terapii/ 1^st day of the therapy		5 dnia po terapii/ 5^th day of the therapy		2 tyg. od zakończenia terapii/two weeks after the therapy completion
		Śr.±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr.±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max
Odc. C/C-spine	zginanie/ flexion	1,9±0,96	0,5-3,5	2,1±0,96	1,0-4,5	1,9±0,92	1,0-4,0	2,0±0,97	0,8-4,0
	skłon P/ R side bending	3,8±1,18	2,0-5,5	4,1±1,11	2,0-5,5	4,5±1,05*	2,5-6,0	4,4±1,12	2,5-6,0
	skłon L/ L side bending	4,7±2,94	2,0-12,5	4,3±1,29	2,0-6,5	4,7±1,29	2,5-6,5	4,9±1,59	2,3-7,5
	rotacja P/R rotation	6,9±1,32	5,0-9,0	7,9±1,14*	6,0-9,5	8,4±0,93*	7,0-10,0	7,6±1,05	6,5-9,5
	rotacja L/L rotation	7,9±2,09	4,5-12,5	7,4±1,21	5,0-9,5	8,1±1,02	6,0-9,5	8,5±0,91	7,0-10,0
KLP/chest	wysokość supraster-nale/ suprasternale	133,3± 6,83	124,5-145,0	133,9± 6,99	125,0-145,3	134,8± 6,89*	124,2-146,6	134,6± 6,71*	124,9-145,8

1* the range of motion differs significantly from the range achieved prior to the therapy (p<0.05)

Tab. 3.

Ranges of motion of the cervical spine and suprasternale height prior to the therapy, during the therapy (1^st and 5^th day) and 14 days after its completion in group 2 (individuals undergoing the massage therapy)

Badany parametr/ Parameter		Moment pomiaru/ Measurement performance
		przed terapią/ prior to the therapy		1 dnia po terapii/ 1^st day of the therapy		5 dnia po terapii/ 5^th day of the therapy		2 tyg. od zakończenia terapii/two weeks after the therapy completion
		Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max	Śr. ±SD/ mean ±SD	min-maks/ min-max
Odc. C C-spine	Zginanie/ flexion	2,4±0,91	1,0-4,0	2,6±0,99	1,0-4,0	3,1±0,70	2,0-4,3	2,7±0,97	1,5-4,3
	skłon P/ R side bending	3,8±0,97	3,0-6,0	4,0±1,91	2,5-9,0	4,2±1,39	2,5-6,2	4,5±1,50	2,5-7,5
	skłon L/ L side bending	4,3±2,31	1,0-8,0	4,2±2,16	1,5-9,0	4,4±1,92	1,0-8,5	4,3±1,47	2,0-7,0
	rotacja P/R rotation	7,3±1,27	6,0-9,0	6,6±1,56	4,5-9,3	8,6±1,12	7,0-11,0	8,7±0,85*	7,5-10,0
	rotacja L/L rotation	7,2±2,13	2,5-10,5	7,2±1,58	4,5-9,0	8,1±1,12	6,0-10,0	8,2±1,31	6,5-10,0
KLP chest	wysokość supraster-nale/ suprasternale height	140,9± 4,92	131,8-148,4	141,9± 4,96*	132,7-148,7	142,4± 5,27*	133,5-150,0	141,7± 4,47	132,6-147,1

1* the range of motion differs significantly from the range achieved prior to the therapy (p<0.05)

Tab. 4.

Increases in the range of motion of the cervical spine and in suprasternale height after the 1^st day of the therapy (Δ₁), after the 5^th day of the therapy (Δ₂) and 2 weeks after the therapy completion (Δ₃)

Przyrost zakresu ruchu/Increase in the range of motion	Grupa I/Group 1	Grupa II/Group II
*Zgięcie/Flexion*
Δ₁ [cm]	0,3	0,2
Δ₂ [cm]	0	0,7
Δ₃ [cm]	1,0	0,3
*Skłon boczny w prawo/Right side bending*
Δ₁ [cm]	0,3	0,2
Δ₂ [cm]	0,7*	0,4
Δ₃ [cm]	0,6	0,7
*Skłon boczny w lewo/Left side bending*
Δ₁ [cm]	-0,3	-0,1
Δ₂ [cm]	0	0,1
Δ₃ [cm]	0,2	0
*Rotacja w prawo/Right rotation*
Δ₁ [cm]	1,0*	-0,6
Δ₂ [cm]	1,5*	1,3
Δ₃ [cm]	0,8	1,4*
*Rotacja w lew/Left rotation*
Δ₁ [cm]	0,5	0
Δ₂ [cm]	0,2	0,9
Δ₃ [cm]	0,6	1,0
*Wysokość suprasternale/Suprasternale height*
Δ₁ [cm]	0,6	1,0*
Δ₂ [cm]	1,5*	1,5*
Δ₃ [cm]	1,3*	0,8

1* the difference between the range of motion measured before the therapy and the range of motion at a particular moment of the therapy is statistically significant (p<0.05)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rehab-2015-0067 | Journal eISSN: 1734-4948

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