摘要
Nowadays,more and more people suffering from upper cross syndrome.This paper is a systematic review of upper cross syndrome.It found the relationships between the prevalence of upper cross syndrome and country,gender,assessment tools,and study quality.This systematic review systematically searched 7 databases.Prevalence was pooled across studies using a random-effects meta-analysis.Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were performed to identify sources of heterogeneity and to compare prevalence estimates across groups.The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute's Quality assessment checklist.Heterogeneity between studies was assessed using I2 test.7 out of 74112 records met with included criteria in this systematic review to have meta-analysis,which involved 3722 participants with Upper crossed syndrome.The pooled prevalence estimate of Upper crossed syndrome was found to be 0.35(95%CI:0.25-0.44).When the sex ratio>1,the prevalence of Upper crossed syndrome was 0.26(95%CI:0.22-0.30),sex ratio<1,it was 0.39(95%CI:0.24-0.53).The prevalence of Upper crossed syndrome in high quality studies was 0.38(95%CI:0.23-0.54),while in fair quality studies,it was 0.19(95%CI:0.04-0.34).There was no difference of the prevalence by different assessment tools.Based on such a high prevalence,intervention strategies must be implemented early in the public health field to reduce the prevalence or increase the number of patients who seek early treatment.
