Efectividad de un protocolo de entrenamiento con el dispositivo de facilitación de movimiento cervical en sujetos con déficit de fuerza de la musculatura profunda cervical. Estudio piloto

Neck pain is one of the major public health problems, which has a great impact on the quality of people's lives, with a high prevalence and recurrence rate. The deep cervical muscles play a key role in neck stability. Deficits in deep cervical muscle strength are related to different clinical conditions: cervicogenic dizziness, cervical radiculopathy, chronic mechanical neck pain, cervical pain, and cervical instability. Training protocols can help to improve pain, cervical function, posture, and cross-sectional area. However, there are no training protocols in subjects with strength deficit in deep cervical muscles, including deep neck extensor and flexor muscles. The cervical device treatment (CDAT) allows us to train the cervical flexor and extensor muscle in a simple and comfortable way. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical results in upper cervical range of motion, endurance, and self-perceived functional capacity by a training protocol with the new device for cervical treatment (GD) and the conventional training protocol (GH) versus a control group (GC) in subjects with cervical deep muscle strength deficit