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Relationship between Pain, Function, and Pressure Algometry in College Students with Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Backgrounds: Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain (CMNP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder. The “new normal" during the Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown has forced schools to shift to online classes as a mitigation strategy. Objectives: This study aimed to correlate pain, function, and pain pressure threshold (PPT) in college students with chronic mechanical neck pain. Patients and Methods: Thirty-three college students with a mean age of 21.33 ± 0.98 who were diagnosed with CMNP. They were using online learning for more than three months during the COVID-19 lockdown. These students were recruited from outpatient settings. The investigators measured their pain intensity using the visual analogue scale (VAS), functional disability using the neck disability index (NDI), and PPT using a pressure algometer (PA). A correlation analysis was conducted between these outcome measures using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: There was a direct significant relationship between VAS and NDI scores (p < 0.05), while there was no significant correlation between pain pressure threshold, VAS, and NDI scores (p > 0.05). Also, there was a significant difference between males and females in NDI scores with a mean score of 23.0 ± 1.41 in males versus 32.6 ± 4.69 in females (p < 0.01). While there was no significant difference between both gender in the scores of VAS and pain pressure threshold (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The presence of pain in the neck significantly correlates with decreased function. While the presence of tight muscles and/or trigger points may not correlate with pain intensity or functional disability in college students with chronic mechanical neck pain.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2022.269780

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Neck pain, outcome measures, Data correlation

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Mohamed

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Abdelmegeed

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Orthopedic physical therapy department, Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University

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mabdelmegeed@cu.edu.eg

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Fatma

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Shewail

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fatma.shewail@must.edu.eg

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Salwa

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Abdelmajeed

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Mohamed

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Farouk

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89

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2

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37472

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2022-10-01

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2022-11-14

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2022-10-01

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6,323

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6,328

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Relationship between Pain, Function, and Pressure Algometry in College Students with Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

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22 Jan 2023