Dropped Head Syndrome Treated with Physical Therapy Based on the Concept of Athletic Rehabilitation

Table 1

Cross-sectional area of the cervical extensor muscles and trapezius at the C5-C6 level.

	Before AR-PT	After AR-PT
Deep layers (mm^2)	265.0	324.6
Semispinalis cervicis
Multifidus
Lateral-dorsal layers (mm^2)	360.6	615.9
Splenius capitis
Splenius cervicis
Longissimus
Trapezius (mm^2)	182.5	162.3

AR-PT: athletic rehabilitation-based physical therapy; after AR-PT: eight months after the first AR-PT.