Correlation between Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain and Lumbar Reposition Sense: a correlative study

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Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/iptccu.2024.457148

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Background: Chronic nonspecific neck pain is a very common, costly health problem with a major impact on the quality of life related to health. There has been much more importance placed on the need for a good comprehension of the relationship between chronic nonspecific neck pain and lumbar reposition sense to institute comprehensive management strategies that deal with not only cervical but also lumbar spine problems. Purpose: This study aimed, to evaluate the correlation of chronic non-specific neck pain and lumbar reposition sense. Methods: The mean value of age of the participants was 27.41 ± 5.4 years; the average body mass index was 22.93 ± 1.4 kg/m², and the duration of neck pain had been 26.84 ± 21.3 weeks. The study had a total of 74 patients who were diagnosed with chronic non-specific neck pain lasting for as a minimum 12 weeks. Assessments for the lumbar repositioning sense error in both standing and sitting positions among the respondents were carried out using an iPhone® inclinometer app, while the level of pain in the neck was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results: Both the standing (r= 0.8, p=0.001) and sitting (r= 0.85, p=0.001) repositioning error scores of the lumbar repositioning sense were found to be strongly directly linearly correlated with the score obtained with the neck pain intensity. Conclusion: With the use of the iPhone inclinometer as the assessment tool, this study has shown a strong direct relationship between chronic non-specific neck pain and the lumbar reposition sense

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