Andrea Colombi

Oct 24, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Andrea Colombi |Claire Stapleton |Qinxin Zhou |Jixin Chen

Neck pain is one of the most common pain dysfunctions, and its generally persistent natural course may cause severe functional disability and reduce quality of life; only one-third of patients present complete resolution (Alayat et al., 2016; Koyuncu et al., 2016; Wong et al., 2016). Nonspecific chronic neck pain is characterized by persistent pain for more than 90 days caused by an undefined etiological factor (Blanpied et al., 2017; Graham et al., 2013; Kroeling et al., 2013).