ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2021
Neck pain is the leading cause of disability burden in China: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
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- Effects of manual diaphragm release on pain, disability and diaphragm function in patients with chronic neck pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Machine learning identifies distinct movement control impairment clusters in patients with chronic neck pain.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Examining the association between neck pain and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Impact of dynamic changes in pain on cardiovascular disease in Chinese middle and elderly people: results from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Magnitude, temporal trend and inequality in burden of neck pain: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Disease Burden of Neck Pain in China from 1990 to 2021 and Its Prediction for 2042: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Effects of online exercise intervention on physical and mental conditions in young adults with chronic neck pain.iScience · 2023Article
- Time Trends in the Incidence of Spinal Pain in China, 1990 to 2019 and Its Prediction to 2030: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Pain and therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeck pain (NP) is a common musculoskeletal problem; however, the prevalence and years lived with disability (YLD) of NP in China are still unclear. This study sought to estimate the age-, sex- and province-specific prevalence and YLD of NP in China.
methodsAdopting the methodology framework and analytical strategies used in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (2017), the prevalence and YLD of NP in China were estimated by age, sex, year, and provinces/regions.
resultsIn China, the age-standardized point prevalence rate of NP was 4,532.6 per 100,000 persons in 1990 and increased slightly to 4,634.4 per 100,000 persons in 2017. The prevalence of NP was 48.0 million in 1990 and rose dramatically to 87.3 million in 2017 (an increase of 82.0%). The age-standardized YLD rate of NP was 454.0 per 100,000 persons in 1990, and there was a slight increase to 465.6 per 100,000 persons in 2017. The all-age YLD of NP was 4.8 million in 1990 and rose to 8.8 million in 2017 (which represents an increase of 81.1%). In 1990, NP was the third leading cause of YLD in China, and in 2017, NP was the leading cause of disability burden.
conclusionsThis study estimated the prevalence and disability burden of NP in China. NP is currently the leading cause of disability burden in China; however, it is currently inadequately recognized and should receive further attention and be subject to further research.
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