Forward Head PostureAINCT07236385
AI Training Program vs Standard Correction for Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder in Neck Pain
A study testing AI based exercise and standard corrective exercises in people with Forward Head Posture and Rounded Shoulder Posture, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 35 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Forward Head Posture, Rounded Shoulder Posture, Upper Cross Syndrome
- What is being tested?
- AI based exercise and standard corrective exercises
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 46 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 30 Nov 2025to 1 Oct 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 35 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
None listed.
Who cannot join
- Musculoskeletal diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases, and a history of surgery that could affect the experiment.
- History of cervical spine injury or surgery.
- Neck pain secondary to other conditions (e.g. Neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases).
- Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis
- A neurological disease, infection.
- Inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine.
- Poor general health status that would interfere with the exercises -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Artificial Intelligence Training Program Versus Standard Correction for Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder in Non-specific Neck Pain
this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures.
Read the detailed description
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the efficacy of APECS-AI app suggested exercises and standard corrective exercises in managing non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulders posture. Forty-six subjects of both genders between (18 and 35 years old) have non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture will be enrolled in this study. The subjects will be randomized into two equal groups (n = 23 each): An intervention group (Group A), will receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app, and a control group (Group B), will perform standard corrective exercises
- Being tested
- AI based exercise, standard corrective exercises
- Keywords
- forward head and rounded shoulder posture ,hyperkyphosis OR "thoracic kyphosis
- Medical subject headings
- Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome type Preus
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
AI based exerciseOther
receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app
standard corrective exercisesOther
Each exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| AI based exercise | Experimental | receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app Receives: Other: AI based exercise |
| standard corrective exercises | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Other: standard corrective exercises |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The craniovertebral angle
forward head posture. will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. More than 50 degrees is considered normal.
Measured: 6 weeks
Shoulder angle
rounded shoulder posture will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. more than 52 is considered normal
Measured: 6 weeks
functional disability
is measured by neck disability index (NDI). A higher score reflects a greater level of neck disorder-related disability
Measured: 6 weeks
pain level
It is measured by visual analogue scale (VAS). 10-cm line that represents a pain spectrum between "no pain" and "worst pain," as the word descriptions "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right serve as anchors for the 100-mm-long horizontal line
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Nov 2025
- Study start30 Nov 2025
- Primary completion1 Aug 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Oct 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Forward Head PostureStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Cairo UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 46 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, RANEEM MAHMOUD ELSHERIEF, Cairo University
- Investigators
- NESREEN FAWZY MAHMOUD, Study director, Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo UniversityPROF. Dr. ENAS FAWZY YOUSSF, Study chair, Professor and Chairperson of Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07236385
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- P.T.REC/012/005976
- Acronym
- AI
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 13 Sep 2025
- Last updated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Artificial Intelligence Training Program Versus Standard Correction for Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder in Non-specific Neck Pain
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07236385
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AI / P.T.REC/012/005976
- Keywords
- forward head and rounded shoulder posture ,hyperkyphosis OR "thoracic kyphosis
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 46 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 30 Nov 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Aug 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Oct 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 19 Nov 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of AI-recommended exercise interventions versus standard corrective exercises in management of non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture. with the goal of improving neck pain, functional disability, forward head, and rounded shoulder postures.
Detailed description
The aim of the current study is to evaluate the efficacy of APECS-AI app suggested exercises and standard corrective exercises in managing non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulders posture. Forty-six subjects of both genders between (18 and 35 years old) have non-specific neck pain with forward head and rounded shoulder posture will be enrolled in this study. The subjects will be randomized into two equal groups (n = 23 each): An intervention group (Group A), will receive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app, and a control group (Group B), will perform standard corrective exercises
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| AI based exercise | Experimental | Other: AI based exercisereceive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app |
| standard corrective exercises | Active comparator | Other: standard corrective exercises |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 35 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (0 listed)
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Musculoskeletal diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases, and a history of surgery that could affect the experiment.
- History of cervical spine injury or surgery.
- Neck pain secondary to other conditions (e.g. Neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases).
- Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis
- A neurological disease, infection.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| AI based exercisereceive AI-generated personalized exercise regimens from the APECS-AI app | Other | AI based exercise |
| standard corrective exercisesEach exercise session begins with 10 min of warm-up activity and ends with 5 min of cool-down. Selected exercises will be designed in two phases: first, and second phases. Exercises will be progressed in frequency and intensity during these phases | Other | standard corrective exercises |
Primary outcome
The craniovertebral angle
Time frame: 6 weeks
forward head posture. will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. More than 50 degrees is considered normal.
Shoulder angle
Time frame: 6 weeks
rounded shoulder posture will be measured by Kinovea software and the APECS AI app. more than 52 is considered normal
functional disability
Time frame: 6 weeks
is measured by neck disability index (NDI). A higher score reflects a greater level of neck disorder-related disability
pain level
Time frame: 6 weeks
It is measured by visual analogue scale (VAS). 10-cm line that represents a pain spectrum between "no pain" and "worst pain," as the word descriptions "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right serve as anchors for the 100-mm-long horizontal line
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Dec 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
NESREEN FAWZY MAHMOUD study director
Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
PROF. Dr. ENAS FAWZY YOUSSF study chair
Professor and Chairperson of Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing AI based exercise and standard corrective exercises in people with Forward Head Posture and Rounded Shoulder Posture, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 0 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The craniovertebral angle (time frame: 6 weeks). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Dec 2025.