Interrater Reliability of the History and Physical Examination in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

Cleland, Joshua A.; Childs, John D.; Fritz, Julie M.; Whitman, Julie M.

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2006.06.011

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“…Further, the statistically significant reductions in pain reported by the tape group failed to achieve a clinically important difference for reducing neck pain set by previous investigators at >2 points on the NPRS. 20,21 In addition, the findings fail to support H2, indicating that none of the neck ROM measures changed over the duration of the study within or between the study groups.…”

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The effect of kinesiology tape on pain and neck range of motion after cervical manipulation

Greenstein¹,

McNamara

Bishop³

et al. 2017

JPHR

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Background: Annually, $30%-50% of adults will experience some form of debilitating neck pain. One approach to treating neck pain is cervical manipulation. This treatment modality has, at times, been reported to result in a short-term increase in pain, which in turn has been linked to reduced neck range of motion (ROM). Elastic therapeutic tape (ETT) has been shown to reduce musculoskeletal pain, although limited research has been conducted to determine if ETT can mitigate pain and facilitate neck ROM following cervical manipulation. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the pain and neck ROM among patients with acute neck pain who do and do not receive ETT following cervical manipulation. Methods: A convenience sample of 50 patients between 18 and 64 years of age presented with acute noncomplicated neck pain was recruited from an outpatient chiropractic clinic. Patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups. In the tape group (n = 27), ETT was applied to their neck immediately following cervical manipulation for neck pain. In the control group (n = 23), cervical manipulation was performed with no application of ETT following the procedure. Pain and neck ROM were recorded at the following 3 different intervals: pre-cervical manipulation (T1), within 5 minutes of cervical manipulation (T2), and 24-48 hours after manipulation (T3). In total, 6 cervical ROM values were recorded with dual inclinometers. Pain was measured by asking of each patient to rate their neck pain using the numeric pain rating scale from 0 to 10. Results: The tape group demonstrated a significant decline (P < 0.00) in pain between T1 (x = 6.15) and T2 (x = 5.37) and between T1 and T3 (x = 4.89). The control group did not report significant changes in their pain over the duration of the study. Neither group reported any significant change in any measure of neck ROM over the duration of the study. Clinical Relevance: Results from this study support the use of ETT to reduce pain immediately and 24-48 hours following cervical manipulation among patients presenting with acute neck pain.

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The effect of kinesiology tape on pain and neck range of motion after cervical manipulation

Greenstein¹,

McNamara

Bishop³

et al. 2017

JPHR

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“…In research and clinical settings, use of the craniocervical flexion test (CCF) has become popular as it evaluates the function of the deep cervical flexors, longus colli and longus capitis (Jull et al, 2008b). Studies have also described a more global isometric neck flexion test to evaluate neck function (Vitti et al, 1973, Grimmer, 1994, Cleland et al, 2006. Compared with healthy controls, neck pain subjects have reduced activation of the deep neck extensors (semispinalis cervicis and multifidus) during an isometric neck extension task (O'Leary et al, 2011), increased coactivation and activity of superficial neck extensors during a neck flexion task , and reduced cross sectional area of the deep cervical extensors.…”

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Neck motion, motor control, pain and disability: A longitudinal study of associations in neck pain patients in physiotherapy treatment

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“…The Neck disability index (NDI) was used to quantify self-perceived disability associated with neck pain. The NDI is both valid and reliable with higher percentage scores indicating greater disability (Cleland et al , 2006, Vernon, 2008. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory short form (DHIsf) (Tesio et al , 1999) was used as it has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure of perceived handicap associated with symptoms of dizziness or unsteadiness.…”

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Use of neck torsion as a specific test of neck related postural instability

Williams

Tarmizi

Treleaven

2017

Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

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Background: Disturbed postural stability in neck pain (NP) is likely due to abnormal cervical afferent function. Several potential causes requires specific diagnostic tests. The neck torsion (head still body rotated) manoeuvre stimulates cervical but not vestibular receptors and identified abnormal cervical afferent input as the cause in patients with NP compared to healthy controls. Comparison between vestibular and NP subjects is now needed. Aims:To compare individuals with unilateral vestibular loss (UVL), persistent NP and asymptomatic controls. It was hypothesized that neck torsion will increase postural stability in NP compared to both the asymptomatic and UVL groups.Methods: Twenty UVL, 20 persistent NP and 20 asymptomatic control subjects underwent measurement of postural stability on a computerised force plate with eyes closed in comfortable stance under 5 conditions: neutral head, head rotated 45 degrees (left and right) and neck torsion (left and right) . Root mean square (rms) amplitude of sway was measured in the anterior posterior (AP) and medial lateral (ML) directions. Average torsion and torsion difference (average torsionneutral neck) were calculated.Results: NP subjects had significantly greater (p< 0.05) AP sway with average torsion and torsion difference compared to both control and UVL. There were no significant differences between control and UVL and no between group differences for neutral neck, rotation or rotation difference. Conclusion:The results of the study suggest that the torsion manouever may identify cervical afferent causes of disturbed postural stability. This is important for guiding assessment and management of balance disturbances in patients.

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Interrater Reliability of the History and Physical Examination in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

Cited by 157 publications

References 39 publications

The effect of kinesiology tape on pain and neck range of motion after cervical manipulation

The effect of kinesiology tape on pain and neck range of motion after cervical manipulation

Neck motion, motor control, pain and disability: A longitudinal study of associations in neck pain patients in physiotherapy treatment

Use of neck torsion as a specific test of neck related postural instability

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