More neck pain, less spinal mobility, altered sitting posture: Sagittal spinal alignment and mobility in women with chronic neck pain

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dc.contributor.authorUnal, Nur Efsan
dc.contributor.authorUcurum, Sevtap Gunay
dc.contributor.authorKirmizi, Muge
dc.contributor.authorAltas, Elif Umay
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-20T09:51:08Z
dc.date.available2025-03-20T09:51:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİzmir Bakırçay Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Increasing evidence suggests that people with chronic neck pain (CNP) may display altered biomechanics beyond the cervical spine. However, whether spinal alignment and mobility are associated with neck pain is not clarified. Objectives: To investigate whether there is a significant association between neck pain intensity and sagittal spinal alignment and mobility in people with CNP, and to examine whether sagittal spinal alignment and mobility differ according to pain intensity. Design: A cross-sectional study. Method: Forty-four women with CNP were included. The neck pain intensity at rest and during neck movements was assessed with the visual analogue scale (VAS). A skin-surface measurement device was used to assess sagittal alignment and mobility while sitting and standing. Linear regression analysis was used to assess associations. Participants were divided into two groups according to the pain intensity as group with mild pain (VAS <= 4.4 cm) and group with moderate to severe pain (VAS>4.4 cm) and compared using the analysis of covariance. Results: Greater resting pain was associated with a more forward trunk during sitting (Beta = 0.433, p < 0.05). Greater pain during neck movements was associated with increased lumbar lordosis during sitting (Beta = -0.376, p < 0.05). Classified by pain intensity at rest, trunk mobility while sitting was lower and forward trunk inclination and sacral kyphosis while sitting were higher in those with moderate/severe pain (eta(2)(p) = 0.093-0.119, p < 0.05). By pain intensity during neck movements, women with moderate/severe pain exhibited lower sacral mobility while sitting (eta(2)(p) = 0.129, p < 0.05). Conclusions: Addressing the entire spine in the assessment and management of CNP may help reduce pain.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.msksp.2024.103205
dc.identifier.issn2468-7812
dc.identifier.pmid39418996
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85206206358
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2024.103205
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14034/2436
dc.identifier.volume74
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001339503800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofMusculoskeletal Science and Practice
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250319
dc.subjectNeck pain
dc.subjectSpinal curvatures
dc.subjectSpinal mobility
dc.subjectSpinal health
dc.titleMore neck pain, less spinal mobility, altered sitting posture: Sagittal spinal alignment and mobility in women with chronic neck pain
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