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01-08-2012 | Original Article

Cervical range of motion and strength in 4,293 young male adults with chronic neck pain

Authors: Max Daniel Kauther, Michael Piotrowski, Bjoern Hussmann, Sven Lendemans, Christian Wedemeyer

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 8/2012

Abstract

Purpose

The correlation of cervical biomechanics and neck pain in young patients has, to date, only been described in terms of small cohorts. This study focuses on the correlation of chronic neck pain and cervical biomechanics.

Methods

Neck pain, cervical range of motion (CROM) and maximal cervical torque were recorded in 746 patients with conservatively treated chronic neck pain and 3,547 participants of physiotherapy training without chronic neck pain aged 16–32 years.

Results

The “neck pain” group had a highly significant (s < 0.001) higher neck disability index (44.7 vs. 10.4 %), longer history of neck pain (3.47 vs. 0.59 years), higher pain intensity (VAS 5.93 vs. 0.93), higher pain frequency (VAS 6.98 vs. 1.09). No differences of CROM and maximal torque in the sagittal, frontal and transverse plane were found.

Conclusion

This study describes the largest cohort of biomechanical data of the cervical spine in young adult recorded to date. The findings demonstrate that no correlation was found between neck pain, CROM and maximal torque in the study cohort. On this basis, we conclude that the CROM and maximal cervical torque should not be used as indicators to measure the progress of chronic neck pain in physiotherapy training and sports medicine for the young adult.

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Title: Cervical range of motion and strength in 4,293 young male adults with chronic neck pain
Authors: Max Daniel Kauther
Michael Piotrowski
Bjoern Hussmann
Sven Lendemans
Christian Wedemeyer
Publication date: 01-08-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 8/2012
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-012-2369-x

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Cervical range of motion and strength in 4,293 young male adults with chronic neck pain

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Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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