Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26831536›Full record

ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2016

Neck motion kinematics: an inter-tester reliability study using an interactive neck VR assessment in asymptomatic individuals.

Hilla Sarig Bahat, Elliot Sprecher, Itamar Sela, Julia Treleaven

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04265248 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Cervical Exercises Using Virtual Reality Headsets on Pain and Disability in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorJosue Fernandez CarneroRan2020 to 2020Enrolled45ConditionsChronic Pain, Pain, NeckArmsVirtual Reality Headset, Exercise
NCT07181798 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of Cervical Position and Movement Sense Using Computer Vision Technology in Healthy Individuals

TypeobservationalSponsorNevsehir Haci Bektas Veli UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled74ConditionsCervical Proprioception
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Trial
  4. Remote kinematic training for patients with chronic neck pain: a randomised controlled trial.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2018
    Trial
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hilla Sarig BahatDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel. hbahat@physicalvirtue.co.il.
Elliot SprecherDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel.
Itamar SelaThe Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, 31905, Haifa, Israel.
Julia TreleavenCCRE Spine, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
University of Haifa · ILUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThe use of virtual reality (VR) for assessment and intervention of neck pain has previously been used and shown reliable for cervical range of motion measures. Neck VR enables analysis of task-oriented neck movement by stimulating responsive movements to external stimuli. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish inter-tester reliability of neck kinematic measures so that it can be used as a reliable assessment and treatment tool between clinicians.

methodsThis reliability study included 46 asymptomatic participants, who were assessed using the neck VR system which displayed an interactive VR scenario via a head-mounted device, controlled by neck movements. The objective of the interactive assessment was to hit 16 targets, randomly appearing in four directions, as fast as possible. Each participant was tested twice by two different testers.

resultsGood reliability was found of neck motion kinematic measures in flexion, extension, and rotation (0.64-0.93 inter-class correlation). High reliability was shown for peak velocity globally (0.93), in left rotation (0.9), right rotation and extension (0.88), and flexion (0.86). Mean velocity had a good global reliability (0.84), except for left rotation directed movement with moderate reliability (0.68). Minimal detectable change for peak velocity ranged from 41 to 53 °/s, while mean velocity ranged from 20 to 25 °/s.

conclusionsThe results suggest high reliability for peak and mean velocity as measured by the interactive Neck VR assessment of neck motion kinematics. VR appears to provide a reliable and more ecologically valid method of cervical motion evaluation than previous conventional methodologies.

Indexed as

Range of Motion, ArticularUser-Computer InterfaceAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeckNeck PainReproducibility of ResultsRotationYoung AdultKinematic measuresMovement velocityReliabilityVirtual reality exposure therapy

Identifiers

PMID26831536
OpenAlexW2254342307

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.