Expert consensus on the important chronic non-specific neck pain motor control and segmental exercise and dosage variables: An international e-Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic non-specific neck pain is highly prevalent, resulting in significant disability. Despite exercise being a mainstay treatment, guidance on optimal exercise and dosage variables is lacking. Combining submaximal effort deep cervical muscles exercise (motor control) and superficial cervical muscles exercise (segmental) reduces chronic non-specific neck pain, but evaluation of optimal exercise and dosage variables is prevented by clinical heterogeneity.

Objective

To gain consensus on important motor control and segmental exercise and dosage variables for chronic non-specific neck pain.

Methods

An international 3-round e-Delphi study, was conducted with experts in neck pain management (academic and clinical). In round 1, exercise and dosage variables were

SUBMITTER: Price J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248695 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature