ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
Experimentally induced deep cervical muscle pain distorts head on trunk orientation.
Article in European journal of applied physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05750472 (Neck Awareness, Cognitive Function and Left/Right Judgment Performance in Individuals With Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Neck Awareness, Cognitive Function and Left/Right Judgment Performance in Individuals With Neck Pain: A Cross-sectional Study
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evidence of Impaired Proprioception in Chronic, Idiopathic Neck Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2016Pooled it
- Immediate effects of upper cervical spinal manipulation on cervical sensorimotor control in individuals with chronic primary cervical pain: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Trial
- Effect of tonic pain on motor acquisition and retention while learning to reach in a force field.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Effects of dry needling of the obliquus capitis inferior on sensorimotor control and cervical mobility in people with neck pain: A double-blind, randomized sham-controlled trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapyTrial
- The psychometric properties of the 3-m backward walk test in people with Migraine.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
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- Impaired trunk position sense and its relationship with trunk control and balance in cervical dystonia patients.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Article
- Dizziness and neck pain: a perspective on cervicogenic dizziness exploring pathophysiology, diagnostic challenges, and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Proprioceptive Training Improves Postural Stability and Reduces Pain in Cervicogenic Headache Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of head posture and neck proprioceptive sense of individuals with chronic neck pain and healthy controls: A cross-sectional study.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures following Coblation Nucleoplasty for Cervical Discogenic Dizziness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Recovery of pinch force sense after short-term fatigue.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Proprioceptive Cervicogenic Dizziness Care Trajectories in Patient Subpopulations: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Grip force makes wrist joint position sense worse.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Proprioceptive Cervicogenic Dizziness: A Narrative Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Combination of Two Manipulative Techniques for the Treatment of Cervicogenic Dizziness: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Bárány Society position on 'Cervical Dizziness'.Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2022Article
- Neck Pain: Do We Know Enough About the Sensorimotor Control System?Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedEva-Maj, Malmström [corrected to Malmström, Eva-Maj]; Hans, Westergren [corrected to Westergren, Hans]; Per-Anders, Fransson [corrected to Fransson, Per-Anders]; Mikael, Karlberg [corrected to Karlberg, Mikael]; Måns, Magnusson [corrected to Magnusson,
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeWe wanted to explore the specific proprioceptive effect of cervical pain on sensorimotor control. Sensorimotor control comprises proprioceptive feedback, central integration and subsequent muscular response. Pain might be one cause of previously reported disturbances in joint kinematics, head on trunk orientation and postural control. However, the causal relationship between the impact of cervical pain on proprioception and thus on sensorimotor control has to be established.
methodsEleven healthy subjects were examined in their ability to reproduce two different head on trunk targets, neutral head position (NHP) and 30° target position, with a 3D motion analyser before, directly after and 15 min after experimentally induced neck pain. Pain was induced by hypertonic saline infusion at C2/3 level in the splenius capitis muscle on one side (referred to as "injected side").
resultsAll subjects experienced temporary pain and the head repositioning error increased significantly during head repositioning to the 30° target to the injected side (p = 0.011). A post hoc analysis showed that pain interfered with proprioception to the injected side during acute pain (p < 0.001), but also when the pain had waned (p = 0.002). Accuracy decreased immediately after pain induction for the 30° target position to the side where pain was induced (3.3 → 5.3°, p = 0.033), but not to the contralateral side (4.9 → 4.1°, p = 0.657). There was no significant impact of pain on accuracy for NHP. A sensory mismatch appeared in some subjects, who experienced dizziness.
conclusionsAcute cervical pain distorts sensorimotor control with side-specific changes, but also has more complex effects that appear when pain has waned.
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