ArticleThe South African journal of physiotherapy2019
Comparative joint position error in patients with non-specific neck disorders and asymptomatic age-matched individuals.
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- Reliability and agreement in measurement of cervical spine joint repositioning error in the retraction-protrusion plane.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Differentiating the Structural and Functional Instability of the Craniocervical Junction.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Effect of Exercise-Induced Central Fatigue on Cervical Spine Joint Position Error, Strength, and Endurance.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Cervical mobility and cervical proprioception in relation to fall risk among older adults: a prospective cohort study.European geriatric medicine · 2023Article
- Influence of Forward Head Posture on Cervicocephalic Kinesthesia and Electromyographic Activity of Neck Musculature in Asymptomatic Individuals.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2020Article
- Upper cervical spine dysfunction and dizziness.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundNeck pain is a common complaint worldwide and ranked seventh in 2010 as the cause of 'years lived with disability' in Ghana. Proprioceptive dysfunction, measured by joint position error (JPE) tests, indicates an association with neck pain frequency, dizziness and balance problems in patients.
objectivesTo examine proprioceptive deficits of the neck using a laser pointer attached to the head.
methodsTwenty patients within the age group 21-60 years, with at least five points on the neck disability index (NDI), and 20 age- and sex-matched controls with less than five points on the NDI were recruited for this study. The JPE was determined wearing a headlight laser pointer directed towards a Cartesian coordinate system adjusted to
resultsControl participants showed larger JPE values for nearly all AE, CE and VE. After repositioning from flexion controls showed an approximately 0.6 ° larger median JPE, and the opposite for extension, with median differences between 1 ° and 2 °.
conclusionThe results of this study do not reveal any meaningful differences between patients with mild disabled neck movement compared with controls. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Joint position error testing does not seem useful for patients with mild neck disability.
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