The purpose of this study is to investigate if there is any effect of the respiratory training on cardiopulmonary functions in patients with upper cross syndrome post-cardiac surgery.
Hypothesis:
Null hypothesis: There is no effect of the respiratory training on pulmonary functions in patients with upper cross syndrome post-cardiac surgery.
Sixty post-CABG-male-patients for at least three months and their age ranges from 45 to 55 years old.
Craniovertebral angle < 51°, but not less than 30°.
Non-specific chronic neck pain: defined as neck pain without an identifiable pathological cause and attributed to poor posture without radiation to upper limbs.
VAS score between 3-7.
Rheumatoid arthritis, cervical disc pathology, and traumatic neck pain.
History of respiratory disease and clinical signs of severe cardiac events.
Neurological disorders which affect the diaphragm.
Patients whose BMI is less than 25, or greater than 30 kg/m2.