Lancet, The, 2023 BACKGROUND Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain, but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a judicious short course of an opioid analgesic for acute low back pain and ...
Chung-Wei Christine Lin +2 more
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Immediate Effects and Acceptability of an Application-Based Stretching Exercise Incorporating Deep Slow Breathing for Neck Pain Self-management [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2020 ObjectivesThis study evaluated the immediate effects and acceptability of a smartphone application named NeckProtector to promote neck pain self-management through stretching incorporating deep slow breathing, among smartphone users with neck pain ...
Sadudee Thongtipmak +3 more
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Implicit motor imagery performance is impaired in people with chronic, but not acute, neck pain [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background People with chronic neck pain have impaired proprioception (i.e., sense of neck position). It is unclear whether this impairment involves disruptions to the proprioceptive representation in the brain, peripheral factors, or both.
Sarah B. Wallwork +4 more
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The Relationship Between Forward Head Posture and Neck Pain: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2019 Anabela G Silva +2 more
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Neck pain: global epidemiology, trends and risk factors
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Background Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, having an age-standardised prevalence rate of 27.0 per 1000 population in 2019.
S. Kazeminasab +7 more
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Neck pain associated with smartphone usage among university students
PLoS ONE, 2023 Objective Neck and shoulder pain has been linked to prolonged periods of flexed neck posture. However, the influences of factors related to individuals’ characteristics and the time duration and position of using smartphones on the severity and duration ...
M. Maayah +5 more
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Association between Postoperative Neck Pain and Intraoperative Transcranial Motor-Evoked Potential Waveforms of the Trapezius Muscles in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy Who Underwent Cervical Laminoplasty [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2023 Study Design Retrospective study. Purpose Cervical laminoplasty is safe and effective for treating cervical myelopathy but has a higher frequency of postoperative axial pain compared to other methods.
Sadayuki Ito +11 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Background This study describes the global epidemiology and trends associated with neck pain. Global Burden of Disease data collected between 1990 and 2019 were used to determine the global burden of neck pain in the general populations of 204 countries.
D. Shin +7 more
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Evaluation of the Association between Neck Pain and the Trapezius Muscles in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy Using Motor Evoked Potential: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2021 Study Design Retrospective study. Purpose We aimed to use motor evoked potentials (MEPs) to examine the association of electrophysiological assessment of the trapezius muscle with neck pain.
Sadayuki Ito +12 more
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Pain and Therapy, 2021 Neck pain is very common, but most of the causes are unknown, making diagnosis and treatment extremely challenging. Current studies have found that one of the main problems in patients with neck pain is the impairment of cervical proprioception, which ...
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