A Newly Designed Cervical Pillow and Comparative Study.
- Author:
Dong Sik PARK
1
;
Jae Seong KIM
;
Ean Seck LEE
;
Myeong Seok HAN
;
Jin Gang HUR
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Comparative Study ; Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Pain;
Posture;
Cervical pillow;
Sleep
- MeSH:
Air Bags;
Cross-Over Studies;
Head;
Humans;
Neck;
Neck Pain;
Posture;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Supine Position;
Thoracic Vertebrae;
Visual Analog Scale
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1999;23(2):411-417
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: Poor head and neck support during sleep can exacerbate the neck pain. Based on the ideal sleep posture and pillow suggested by Cyriax, we designed a new cervical pillow and compared the degree of pain reduction, quality of sleep and pillow satisfaction with a low hospital pillow and a high pillow. METHOD: The newly designed pillow has a built-in pressure-adjustable air bag in the cervical area and provides normal cervical lordotic curve in supine position and maintains cervical and thoracic vertebrae to form a horizontal line in side-lying position. Thiry-four patients with cervical pain used low hospital pillows for the first week of 3-week randomized crossover design study. They were subsequently randomly assigned to use each of the other two pillows for 1-week period. Outcomes were measured using visual analog scale, sleep questionnaire and a pillow satisfaction scale. RESULT: Compared with the other 2 types of pillows, subjects using the newly designed pillow showed much reduced pain intensity, increased duration of sleep and sleep quality and better pillow satisfaction. CONCLUSION: We designed a cervical pillow with built-in pressure adjustable air bag and it can significantly reduce pain intensity and improve quality of sleep in patients with cervical pain.
