Efecto de los ejercicios de charriere en el dolor cervical en docentes

Abstract

Charriere exercises are applied in patients with neck pain, these have the main purpose of reducing pain, also contributes to a better posture of the head and neck; therefore also favors the posture. The general objective of the research project is to determine the effects of the application of Charriere exercises in teachers with cervical pain, in order to reduce and prevent the symptomatology, as well as to reduce the degree of cervical disability in the personnel of the Educational Unit of the Province of Cotopaxi in relation to the working day. The population in which the Charriere exercise program was executed were 28 teachers with cervical pain, who signed an informed consent for voluntary participation in the program. To obtain the sociodemographic data and factors, a survey was used, for the initial and final assessment of pain, the VAS, NDI and NPQ scales were used, and these questionnaires also allowed determining the state of disability of the teachers in the cervical area. The time employed in the research work was 16 sessions. The effects achieved with the application of treatment was the decrease in pain intensity where 79% of people went from very severe to moderate-severe pain according to the VAS scale, also a significant reduction in the degree of cervical disability and daily activities, in the NDI and NPQ there was an improvement with xiv 21% of subjects with mild disability in both questionnaires in relation to the initial and final evaluation. It is concluded that treatment with Charriere's exercises is effective in terms of cervical pain and the degree of movement disability.