Background: The importance of postural stabilization and cervical mobilization in subjects with pain from the anterior head posture is drawing more attention. However, studies on head and neck stabilizing intervention after mobilization are lacking.
Objective: To examine the effects of Kinesiotaping and posture setting exercise on forward head posture (FHP).
Design: Crossover Study Design
Methods: The subjects were 17 male and female college students in their 20s with FHP. They were randomized into the Kinesiology taping group (KTG) with 9 subjects and posture stabilizing exercise group (PSEG) with 8 subjects. The intervention was conducted for 4 weeks, and changes in pain, craniovertebral angle (CVA), and proprioception were observed before and after intervention.
Results: Pain was significantly reduced in the KTG and PSEG both before and after intervention. CVA and proprioception were significantly increased only in the PSEG. The differences in CVA and proprioception between the two groups were significant.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the application of posture setting exercise could decrease pain, proprioceptive error and increase CVA on FHP

INTRODUCTION
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
    Subjects
    Intervention
    Kinesiology
    Posture stabilizing exercise
    Measurement
    Pain
    Craniovertebral Angle (CVA)
    Proprioception (Head repositioning accuracy, HRA)
    Analysis
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

• Junghyun Choi(Namseoul University) correspondence