Effectiveness of NMES on Neck Pain

the patients were performed following five exercises for 20 minutes of treatment session two days a week for the 8 weeks.: (1) the swan-dive vol. I, (2) the swan-dive vol II., (3) breast stroke preparation vol. I, (4) breast stroke preparation vol. II, and (5) swimming vol. II. All the exercises were repeated for the 10 times in a session. Before the exercises, patients were taught and instructed about the five key elements (lateral expansion, centralization, positioning the chest, the shoulder girdle, and the head) of clinical pilates that they should pay attention to while performing the exercises. In addition, verbal and tactile feedbacks were given to patients during all the treatment sessions to maintain the good posture and to perform exercises properly.

Two channels of four-channelled Compex SP Fit-3 (MediCompex SA in Geneva, Switzerland) was used to apply NMES (120 mA, 400 μs, 150 Hz) on lower trapezius and serratus anterior muscles for 20 minutes during exercise.