Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 9 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 157-162
Soft Vs Philadelphia Collar: A Short Term Effect on Pain, Gait and Balance in People with Cervical Spondylosis
Yashika Kumar, Anjani Kumar Sinha, Ranjeet Kumar, Dr. Chitra Kataria
1Asst. Professor, ISIC-Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sector-C, Vasant Kunj New Delhi -110070
2P&O Officer ALIMCO, Govt. of India, G.T Road, Kanpur-209217
3Prosthetist and Orthotist CRC, KV Extension Davangere-577002
4Principal, Chief of Rehabilitation Sciences, ISIC-Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sector-C, Vasant Kunj New Delhi -110070
Corresponding Author: Yashika Kumar
ABSTRACT
Cervical spondylosis had been marked as the most common degenerative disorder. In cervical spondylosis degenerative changes starts in intervertebral disc with osteophyte formation and involvement of adjacent tissue structures. There may be shoulder and arm pain, muscle spasm, tingling sensation in extremities, there may be numbness, weakness, lack of coordination, difficulty in walking and loss of balance. Collar treatment is one of the conservative treatments for cervical spondylosis. Present study compared the soft and Philadelphia collar in terms of pain, gait and balance in people with cervical spondylosis. A total of 50 subjects had participated in this study both were men and women. Non probability convenient sampling technique was used, then out of 50 subjects, two groups were made randomly. Group 1 consists of 25 subjects who had been given soft collar. Group-2 consists of 25 subjects who had been given Philadelphia collar. Pre-test data, Pain by VAS (visual analogue scale), Balance and gait by performance oriented mobility assessment (POMA) scale had been taken after that collars were given respectively for five days .after that Post test data was taken. Philadelphia collar had shown better results as compared to soft collar for cervical spondylosis patients in terms of pain, gait and balance .It had been concluded that Philadelphia collar provide better balance , gait and reduce pain in people with cervical spondylosis as compared to soft collar so it should be prescribed instead of soft collar for the cervical spondylosis.
Key words: cervical spondylosis, Philadelphia collar, soft collar, pain, gait, balance.