Researchers collected data from 88 patients with mechanical neck pain who completed the Neck Disability Index, Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire, Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale and Neck Pain and Disability Scale. After a factor analysis, the factors identified included neck pain, dysfunction related to general activities, neck-specific function, cognition, emotion and influence of participation restriction on psychosocial functioning.
The most comprehensive assessment of the multidimensional nature of neck pain and dysfunction were reported from the three NPDS factors.
Read the abstract on pain in the cervical spine.
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