“…Third, the definition of neck pain was only stated in three clinic-based studies (2,31,39), while unspecified in the remaining studies. Fourth, neck pain was self-reported in 10 clinic-based studies (15,22,25–30,32,37) and both population-based studies (3,40) without the use of cut-off scores or clear-cut definitions. However, 14 clinic-based studies used either Neck Disability index (14,16,17,24,34–36,38,39) or interviews (2,18,23,31,33) to assess neck pain.…”