The effect of 7 weeks corrective exercise on thoracic kyphosis in hyper-kyphotic students

This study aimed to investigate the effect of 7 weeks corrective exercise on kyphosis angle and the changes of the kyphosis angle after a 4 months period in the hyper-kyphotic male students. in this clinical trial, 25 volunteers with hyper kyphosis were selected in a proposed manner and randomly divided into two groups: experimental (12 persons) and control (13 persons). Experimental group trained for 7 weeks, 3 times/week, 30-45 min/session. Kyphosis angle values were measured before, after and then 4 months post training period by spinal mouse device. Data were analyzed by SPSS.15 using the Varience analysis with Repeated Measure and Independent and Dependent t-tests. There were significant differences between the means of kyphosis angle in pre-test (57.0±4.7) and the first post-test (43.3±4.7) and also 4 months ofter stopping the exersice (P<0.001) in experimental group, but no significant differences were seen between pre-test and 4 months after stopping the exercises (P=0.718) means. There were no significant differences between means of kyphosis in these time points in control group (P=0.572). A 7 week corrective exercise period can be resulted in reduction of kyphosis angle in hyper-kyphotic male students. But by stopping the exercises completely, the kyphosis angle may increase again. It's recommended that these patients continue their exercises after treatment periods.