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Abstract
Background: Forward head posture causes a severe pain in the neck because it causes a muscle imbalance. This imbalance includes a shortening od deep cervical extensors and pectoralis muscle and a weakness of deep cervical flexors and shoulder retractor muscles. Due to the myodural connection presented between deep cervical extensors and dura matter of the spinal cord, an increase in the tension force placed on the spinal cord. This increases the time of central somatosensory conduction time. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of forward head posture correction on decreasing the central somatosensory conduction time. Methods: Thirty participants with forward head posture participated in this study.The participants were randomly distributed between two groups of exercise and control groups. The exercise group received a 30-minute forward head posture correction exercise.This exercise program was performed for 3 sessions/week for 10 weeks. The main outcome was to measure the central somatosensory conduction time and the secondary outcome was the craniovertebral angle