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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Chronic neck pain"”.
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Superficial cervical muscle activation in chronic neck pain
Chronic neck pain can occur in a proportion of individuals who have suffered a whiplash injury and also in individuals that have not experienced a trauma to the neck. The mechanisms that cause chronic pain are unclear, and whether they differ in traumatic or non-traumatic onset is …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on people with sub-chronic and chronic neck pain
Background and Objectives: Neck pain can be severely disabling and costly, it is a common problem in the general population with point prevalence ranging between 10% and 15%. The aim of this single cohort study was to investigate if osteopathic management of neck pain would reduce patients' …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on people with chronic and sub-chronic neck pain
Neck pain is a common problem within our society, and can be severly disabling and costly to the sufferer. The aim of this single cohort study was to investigate the effect of osteopathic management of sub-chronic and chronic neck pain on perceived pain and disability. Seventeen participants (7 …
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Investigation of head repositioning accuracy as a measure of cervicocephalic kinaesthetic sensibility in patients with chronic neck pain
The majority of people can expect to experience neck pain in their lifetime and some will go on to develop prolonged or repetitive episodes of neck pain or related symptoms. These persistent complaints have become a major cause of disability around the world. Although chronic ‘mechanical’ neck pain …
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The importance of an early positive change in pain and function in determining overall clinical improvement following strengthening treatment for chronic neck pain
This study tested the relationship between change in NDI scores after 3 weeks of strengthening exercise and response to strengthening exercise at the final assessment. A change in the NDI of 7 points after 3 weeks correctly classified 93.2% of participants that would display a positive change at …
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Effects of dry needling and therapeutic exercise on sleep in individuals with chronic neck pain and sleep disturbance: A pilot randomized clinical trial
… a bidirectional relationship between sleep and pain, non-pharmacological interventions are lacking to address both sleep dysfunction and pain together. Therefore, research that investigates the effects of non-pharmacological interventions not only on pain but also on sleep dysfunction is …
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The relative effectiveness of supervised exercise with and without spinal manipulation, and home exercise in terms of fear-avoidance beliefs in chronic neck pain patients.
Neck pain and related disability place considerable burden on individuals and societies around the globe. Chronic neck pain is considered to be multifactorial in both mechanism and experience, including biological, psychological, and social factors. Little is known regarding the relationship of …
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Alterations in neck muscle performance and proprioception with fatique, altered posture and recurrent neck pain
… as both a risk and perpetuating factor for chronic neck pain is a relative new area of study. The cervical flexion relaxation response (FRR) is a reproducible and reliable marker of differences in neuromuscular function between neck pain patients and controls. Change in joint position sense …
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Evaluation of Novel High-Density EMG Feedback Parameters on the Spatial Distribution of Trapezius Muscle Activity
… work environment develop an episode of chronic neck and shoulder pain. An effective treatment method for chronic pain is postural correction through therapist. The understanding of the relation between cervicoscapular posture and trapezius muscle activity is not fully understood because …
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Assessing the Repeatability of Clinical Tests in People with and without Flexion-induced Neck Pain
… the posture associated with using such devices. Neck flexion, a posture assumed by smartphone users, has been shown as a risk factor for the development of clinical neck pain if sustained for prolonged periods. Determining the individuals who are naturally more predisposed to develop …
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Effectiveness of a physical exercise-based intervention delivered by an m-health system on biopsychosocial variables in patients with chronic pain from different origin
… m-Health technology for the self-management of chronic pain (CP) conditions and to evaluate the effectiveness of an m-Health system, called PainReApp, which was specifically developed to deliver a self-managed home exercise program (HEP) in a population with chronic low back pain (CLBP). To this …