Comparative joint position error in patients with non-specific neck disorders and asymptomatic age-matched individuals
| Autor: | Christoph Bauer, Markus Ernst, Ajediran I. Bello, Astrid Schaemann, Jonathan Quartey, Kow Acquaah, Sandra Asante, Emmanuel Bonney, Bertha Oppong-Yeboah, Margaret Foli, Felix Asomaning |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Special situations and conditions Joint position error Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Age-matched Sitting Asymptomatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Neck disability medicine Position error In patient Proprioceptive Original Research Neck pain Proprioception business.industry lcsh:RC952-1245 Neck disability index Sex-matched 030229 sport sciences 610: Medizin und Gesundheit medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Neck Disability Index Balance problems |
| Zdroj: | The South African Journal of Physiotherapy South African Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol 75, Iss 1, Pp e1-e7 (2019) |
| Popis: | Background: Neck 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. Objectives: To examine proprioceptive deficits of the neck using a laser pointer attached to the head. Methods: Twenty 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 x / y = 0/0, placed on a wall after returning from left and right rotation, flexion and extension. From starting in an upright sitting position, facing the Cartesian coordinate system, each participant performed five repetitions for each movement direction. The mean of five repetitions for each movement direction was calculated as absolute error (AE), constant error (CE) and variable error (VE). Results: Control 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 °. Conclusion: The 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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