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This study was conducted to assess the effects of the water-borne Fe+Zn mixture on the catalase activity in the different organs of Cirrhina mrigala and Labeo rohita. 90-day old fingerlings of both fish species were exposed to 1/2nd and 1/5th of their respective 96-hrs LC50 concentrations of Fe+Zn mixture, separately, at constant temperature (280C), pH (7.5), and total hardness (225mgL-1). Fish sampling from each treatment was done after 7, 14, 21, and 28 days of Fe+Zn mixture exposure and their organs viz. liver, kidney, gills, and muscles extracted for catalase enzyme assay. The maximum catalase activity in Cirrhina mrigala was observed at 1̸ 5th of Fe+Zn mixture LC50 exposure as 996.87±102.23UmL-1, while in Labeo rohita it was 1013.43±103.50 UmL-1 at 1̸ 2nd of LC50 concentration. A significant increase in the catalase activity was recorded at 7th day of exposure as 1083.66±7.29 and 1091.08±22.15 UmL-1 in Cirrhina mrigala and Labeo rohita, respectively while it was significantly lower at 28th day of Fe+Zn mixture exposure. Among the organs, the catalase activity varied significantly as liver kidney muscles gills in Cirrhina mrigala and Labeo rohita. Significantly higher catalase activity was recorded in Labeo rohita as compared to Cirrhina mrigala.

Neck pain is the most common complaint and Cervical pain is more common in middle-aged women than in males. The most prevalent reason for patients to seek medical attention is neck pain. Objective: To identify the effectiveness of stretching and muscle energy techniques along with mobilization of cervical segment in the management of upper cross syndrome.Methods: The randomized controlled experiment took place from August 2018 to January 2019 at Benazir Bhutto Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Centre in Pakistan (Rawalpindi) and included patients with upper cross syndrome that were randomly consigned to two equal groups using a lottery system. The Group-A patients management is eccentric muscular energy therapy with cervical segmental mobilization, although Group-B patients treatment protocol is static stretching exercises accompanied by  segmental mobilization of cervical spine . Each patient received two sessions each week for three weeks, during which their visual analogue scale, and neck disability index were measured. An inclinometer was used to measure the cervical passive range of motion. Data was collected at the commencement of the study and again after three weeks of treatment. SPSS 21 was used to analyze the data. Results: Twenty (20%) of the 40 individuals were in each of the two groups. The average age in Group-A was 42.7511.13 years. It remained 40.509.14 years in Group-B. On all metrics, the eccentric muscular energy technique and static stretching approach equally demonstrated substantial results that is P Value is less than 0.05.Conclusion: Both approaches were shown to be equally successful in lowering neck impairment, enhancing cervical range of motion, and decreasing pain