Association of chronic neck pain with shoulder disability and its proprioception

Background:

Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in the adult population and is

the fourth cause of disability throughout the globe which causes shoulder pain and movement

restrictions due to its close anatomical relationship. This study aimed to determine whether

chronic neck pain influences shoulder disability and its proprioception in the young age group.

Materials and Methods:

The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Total 60 patients participated (age 18-40) in the

study. Participants having chronic neck pain were included in the study after their consent form

was signed. Only those subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included in the study.

Chronic neck pain was assessed through a visual analogue scale and shoulder pain and activities

were checked by SPADI. Shoulder proprioception was assessed by LP-ART. LP-ART angle

deviations from normal were recorded. VAS was used to assess pain intensity. SPSS was used

for analysis.

Results:

Mean age of the participants was 30.47±5.987. Males were 43 (71.6%) and females were 17

(28.3%). The Chi-square test was applied and show that chronic neck pain is associated with

shoulder pain and disability with a probability value less than 0.05 while there is no significant

difference between neck pain and shoulder proprioception with a P-value greater than 0.05

Conclusion:

The results of this study concluded that chronic neck pain affects shoulder pain and activities but

no association is present between neck pain and proprioception in the young population.