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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.6.2862

The Association Between Neck Pain/Disability and Upper Limb Disability in Patients with Non-Specific Neck Pain  

Jang, Hyun-Jeon (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Natural Science, The Graduate School, Daejeon University)
Kim, Suhn-Yeop (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Natural Science, Daejeon University)
Jeon, Jae-Guk (Dept of Physical Therapy, Seoul Wooridul Hospital)
Shin, Eui-Ju (Dept of Physical Therapy, Seoul Wooridul Hospital)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.6, 2013 , pp. 2862-2868 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between neck pain and upper limb disability in patients with non-specific neck pain (n=132) recruited from physiotherapy departments in the Korea. Baseline neck pain/disability was measured using the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) and upper limb disability was measured using the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, Hand questionnaire (DASH). A range of baseline psychosocial variables were measured as potential confounding variables. Pairwise analysis revealed a positive correlation between NPQ score and DASH score (Pearsons' r=0.628, p<0.05). This study provides preliminary evidence that patients with severe neck pain/disability also report severe upper limb disability. The presence of severe neck pain or low pain self efficacy and high fear-avoidence beliefs questionnaire should clinicians towards a careful examination of upper limb function in patients presenting with neck pain. Our data suggest the upper limb disability may need to be addressed as part of the neck management process.
Keywords
Neck pain; Upper limb disability; Pain self efficacy;
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