Measurement properties of cervical joint position error in people with and without neck pain: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Proprioception can be impaired in people with neck pain. The cervical joint position sense test, which measures joint position error (JPE), is the most common test used to assess neck proprioception. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the measurement properties of this test for the assessment of people with and without neck pain.

Methods

This systematic review was registered prospectively on Prospero (CRD42020188715). It was designed using the COSMIN guidelines and reported in line with the PRISMA checklist. Two reviewers independently searched Medline, Embase, SportDiscus, and CINAHL Plus databases from inception to the 24th July 2022 with an update of the search conducted until 14th of October 2023. The COSMIN risk of bias checklist was used to as

SUBMITTER: AlDahas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10777525 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature