Digital touch for better posture: Web-Based rehab shows promise
NCT ID NCT06964750
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a web-based telerehabilitation program could help young adults with postural problems like forward head posture, lordosis, and kyphosis. Forty university students were split into two groups: one did home exercises on their own, and the other followed a guided online program. Both groups exercised three times a week for six weeks. Researchers measured changes in spine angles using a smartphone app, along with muscle tightness and endurance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- web-based telerehabilitation exercises
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, at-home way to improve posture without needing in-person visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study with only 40 university students, so results may not apply to everyone. It also relies on self-reported exercise and smartphone measurements, which may be less accurate.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteering for research, * Be a young adult between the ages of 18 and 25, * To be a student of SBU Gülhane Faculty of PTR, * Body mass index less than 30 kg/m2, * Cranioverterbral angle less than 52 degrees, Exclusion Criteria: * \- Neck, back or lower back pain, * Being a regular exerciser or professional/amateur athlete * Having a three-dimensional deformity such as scoliosis, * Having a previous operation, neurological, orthopedic or congenital problem in the spine, * Visual and hearing loss that prevents them from performing the assessments and exercises, * Physiotherapy within the last 6 months,
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Health Science
Ankara, Kecioren, 06610, Turkey (Türkiye)
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