Effects of Neck Exercise Program on a Taxi Driver's with Chronic Neck Pain
AUTHORS
Yeon-Gyung Bak,Department of Nursing, Dongju College
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of physical exercise for taxi drivers with chronic neck pain score between 7 points from 4 points. After this neck exercise program, the neck pain, fatigue and exercise benefits-barriers were measured. Neck exercise program involved neck pain related to education and neck stretching, isometric exercise, other areas stretching with education. Data were collected at baseline after 4 weeks and 8 weeks. Effects of neck exercise program there were significant interactions with group (between experimental group and control group) by time (baseline, after 4 weeks & 8 weeks) in the neck pain (F=36.23, p<.001), fatigue (F=335.92, p<.001). There were significant interactions with group by time in the exercise benefits (F=327.94, p<.001) and exercise barriers (F=161.14, p<.001). The neck exercise program could be an effective neck pain, fatigue, exercise benefits-barriers. Consequently neck exercise program was a nursing intervention as a method of improving neck pain relief and fatigue decrease for taxi drivers with chronic neck pain.
KEYWORDS
Neck, Exercise, Program, Taxi drivers, Pain, Fatigue
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