The effect of 8 weeks of Yumeiho  massage on the forward head angle and kyphosis of 13-17-year-old male students

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The effect of 8 weeks of Yumeiho massage on the forward head angle and kyphosis of 13-17-year-old male students

Abouzar Saadatian

yasouj university , aboozar.saadat67@gmail.com

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Purpose: Upper cross syndrome leads to widespread changes such as head forward, increased cervical lordosis, back kyphosis, round shoulder. Correcting musculoskeletal abnormalities and providing appropriate activities and movements to eliminate such disabilities and inefficiencies is of particular importance. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of massage therapy on upper cruciate syndrome in male students. methods: In this research, 30 students with upper cruciate syndrome were divided into 2 groups (massage group (15 people) - control group (15 people)). The amount of head forward was evaluated with a camera and back kyphosis was evaluated with a flexible ruler method, and then for 8 weeks of Yomi Ho therapy massage, SPSS version 24 software was used to analyze the data of this research. results: The results of multivariate and univariate covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the two massage therapy groups and the control group in head forward and kyphosis variables (P<0.05). Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that Yu Mi Ho therapy massage is an effective method in improving upper cruciate syndrome and especially on forward head and kyphosis abnormalities.

Keywords: Dropped Head Syndrome, kyphosis, massage therapy, students