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ArticleScientific reports2024

Cervicocephalic kinaesthesia reveals novel subgroups of motor control impairments in patients with neck pain.

Ziva Majcen Rosker, Jernej Rosker

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07425613 (Early Changes in Dynamic Cervical Movement Control Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT07425613 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Early Changes in Dynamic Cervical Movement Control Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Prospective Controlled Longitudinal Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of LjubljanaRan2026 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsCervical Vertebral Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc DisplacementArmsAnterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ziva Majcen RoskerFaculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jernej RoskerFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia. jernej.rosker@fvz.upr.si.
University of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Primorska · SI

Funding

Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS P5-0147 (B)Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS P5-0443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical-spine sensorimotor control is associated with chronicity and recurrence of neck pain (NP). Tests used to measure sensorimotor impairments lack consistency in studied parameters. Interpretation is often based on either a handful or numerous parameters, without considering their possible interrelation. Different aspects of motor-control could be studied with different parameters, but this has not yet been addressed. The aim of this study was to determine if different parameters of cervical position (JPE) and movement (Butterfly) sense tests represent distinct components of motor-control strategies in patients with chronic NP. Principal component analysis performed on 135 patients revealed three direction-specific (repositioning from flexion, extension or rotations) and one parameter-specific (variability of repositioning) component for JPE, two difficulty-specific (easy or medium and difficult trajectory) and one movement-specific (undershooting a target) component for Butterfly test. Here we report that these components could be related to central (neck repositioning and control of cervical movement) and peripheral sensorimotor adaptations (variability of repositioning) present in NP. New technologies allow extraction of greater number of parameters of which hand-picking could lead to information loss. This study adds towards better identification of diverse groups of parameters offering potentially clinically relevant information and improved functional diagnostics for patients with NP.

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Chronic PainNeck PainHumansKinesthesisMovementNeckRange of Motion, Articular

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PMID38600120
PMCPMC11006834
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