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ReviewFrontiers in computational neuroscience2022

Neck Pain: Do We Know Enough About the Sensorimotor Control System?

Ning Qu, HaoChun Tian, Enrico De Martino, Bin Zhang

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06832748 (Feasibility of a Virtual Reality Based Sensorimotor Training Intervention for Patients with Chronic Traumatic Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06832748 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of a Virtual Reality Based Sensorimotor Training Intervention for Patients with Chronic Traumatic Neck Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorLuleå Tekniska UniversitetRan2025 to 2025Enrolled20ConditionsNeck PainArmsVR neck training, Endurance neck training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Dynamic Neck Sensorimotor Biofeedback Training in Individuals With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
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  14. Large-Scale Plasma Proteomics to Profile Pathways and Prognosis of Chronic Pain.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. Sensory profiles in older adults with orthopedic conditions during quiet stance: a cross-sectional study.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025
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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 3 countries.

Ning QuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
HaoChun TianDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Enrico De MartinoCenter for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Bin ZhangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNAalborg University · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neck pain is a worldwide health problem. Clarifying the etiology and providing effective interventions are challenging for the multifactorial nature of neck pain. As an essential component of cervical spine function, the sensorimotor control system has been extensively studied in both healthy and pathological conditions. Proprioceptive signals generated from cervical structures are crucial to normal cervical functions, and abnormal proprioception caused by neck pain leads to alterations in neural plasticity, cervical muscle recruitment and cervical kinematics. The long-term sensorimotor disturbance and maladaptive neural plasticity are supposed to contribute to the recurrence and chronicity of neck pain. Therefore, multiple clinical evaluations and treatments aiming at restoring the sensorimotor control system and neural plasticity have been proposed. This paper provides a short review on neck pain from perspectives of proprioception, sensorimotor control system, neural plasticity and potential interventions. Future research may need to clarify the molecular mechanism underlying proprioception and pain. The existing assessment methods of cervical proprioceptive impairment and corresponding treatments may need to be systematically reevaluated and standardized. Additionally, new precise motor parameters reflecting sensorimotor deficit and more effective interventions targeting the sensorimotor control system or neural plasticity are encouraged to be proposed.

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interventionneck painneural plasticityproprioceptionsensorimotor control

Identifiers

PMID35910451
PMCPMC9337601
OpenAlexW4285593261

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