The Difference Effect of Special Cervical Collar with Height of 5 cm and 6 cm to Reduce Neck Pain among Students in Karanganyar, Central Java

Background: Specific cervical collars need to be standardized in order effectively and efficiently reduce syndrome pain. This condition occurs because the radicle vertebrae are compressed long term even pain can radiate both shoulders arches of hands, this will result abnormal rapid fatigue. The purpose study was find a collar design specifically Tahfidz Karanganyar Islamic boarding school students. Subjects Method: Randomized Control Trial (RCT) which con-ducted from March 2022 August all schools Karang-anyar, Central Java, Indonesia. sample were 160 students with syndrome. Each group consisted 80 who divided into control treatment groups using simple random sampling. dependent variable is neck (cervical syndrome). independent use collar. Data analysis uses Independent samples t-test if data normal, Mann Whitney test not normal. Results: After intervention given, results showed that average special as high 6 cm (Mean = 1.11; SD 0.39) lower compared 5 3.50; 0.57) statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: height more effective reducing than cm. Keywords: syndrome, collar, Correspondence: Alfan Zubaidi. Department Orthotic Prosthetic, Ministry Health Surakarta. Jl. Letjen Sutoyo, Mojosongo, Surakarta, Email :[email protected]. Indonesian Journal Medicine (2022), 07(04): 411-416 https://doi.org/10.26911/theijmed.2022.07.04.06