Electronic measures of movement impairment, repositioning, and posture in people with and without neck pain—a systematic review

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Abstract

Background

Neck pain is a major public health problem. Our objective was to describe differences in measures of movement and posture between people with and without neck pain.

Methods

PubMed and Embase were searched before 15 February 2019 for studies comparing people with neck pain with controls using electronic measurements of neck movement and/or posture. Data were extracted on participants, device, test methods, active range of motion (RoM) and quality of motion, joint positioning sense, and posture. Study quality was assessed using the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews (QUADAS) and Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) guidelines.

Results

Thirty-six studies were included: 24 studies included measurement of active RoM, 15 quality of motion, 12 joint positioning sense, and 5 cervical spine posture. Measurements and test methods were heterogeneous. The reporting of study populations and methods were poor, whereas devices and statistics were well described. All studies on RoM showed reduced active RoM in people with neck pain when compared with controls, 5 of 10 studies reported reduced movement speed for people with neck pain, and 5 of 9 studies reported significantly greater joint positioning error for people with neck pain compared with controls. Due to heterogeneous test parameters and methods, no conclusion regarding differences in conjunct motion, tracking a motion pattern, and measures of posture could be drawn.

Conclusions

People with neck pain appear to have reduced active RoM, movement speed, and head repositioning accuracy when compared with controls. However, quality of reviewed studies was low and better descriptions of participants and methods are required before firm conclusions can be drawn.

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The online version of this article (10.1186/s13643-019-1125-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Contributors

Bue Bonderup Hesby:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1649-3172

bhesby@health.sdu.dk

Jan Hartvigsen: jhartvigsen@health.sdu.dk

Hanne Rasmussen: joahanras@hotmail.com

Per Kjaer: pkjaer@health.sdu.dk

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Syst Rev

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Syst Rev

Title: Systematic Reviews

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2046-4053

Publication date (Electronic): 27 August 2019

Publication date PMC-release: 27 August 2019

Publication date Collection: 2019

Volume: 8

Electronic Location Identifier: 220

Affiliations

[1 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0728 0170, GRID grid.10825.3e, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, , University of Southern Denmark, ; Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0402 6080, GRID grid.420064.4, Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, ; Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

[3 ]GRID grid.452905.f, Slagelse Hospital, ; Region Zealand, Ingemannsvej 18, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark

[4 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0432 5638, GRID grid.460785.8, Health Sciences Research Centre, , UCL University College, ; Niels Bohrs Allé 1, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark

Author information

Bue Bonderup Hesby http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1649-3172

Article

Publisher ID: 1125

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1125-2

PMC ID: 6710866

PubMed ID: 31455393

SO-VID: 3ac83580-7289-4a11-a9ca-bc590131f488

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History

Date received : 15 June 2018

Date accepted : 4 August 2019

Funding

Funded by: The Danish Chiropractic Research Foundation

Funded by: Aleris-Hamlet Ringsted

Funded by: Patient@home project

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Public health

Keywords: neck pain,range of motion,motor control,posture,kinaesthetic,kinematics

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