Department of Physical Therapy, Azra Naheed Medical, College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Kalsoom Social Security Hospital, Okara, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Oct;70(10):1720-1722. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.6815.
To determine the frequency of cervical radiculopathy in cases of non-traumatic chronic neck pain.
The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2015 to February 2016 at the Department of Physiotherapy, Azra Naheed Medical College, Superior University, Lahore and comprised patients of either gender aged 20-50 years with chronic neck pain lasting more than 6 months. Data was collected using a 14-point self-administered questionnaire. Spurling test was applied to find out the occurrence of radiculopathy in chronic neck pain and the intensity of pain was rated using visual analogue scale. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.
Of the 196 patients, 135(68.9%) were females and 61(31.1%) were males. The largest age group was 20-30 years with 75(38.3%) patients. Also, 46(23.5%) patients had no neck pain, 144(73.5%) had moderate pain and 6(3.1%) had unbearable pain. Radiculopathy was negative in 84(42.9%) patients and positive in 112(57.1%).
Cervical radiculopathy was found to be associated with chronic neck pain.
确定非创伤性慢性颈痛患者中神经根病的频率。
这是一项 2015 年 9 月至 2016 年 2 月在拉合尔 Superior 大学 Azra Naheed 医学院理疗系进行的描述性横断面研究，纳入了年龄在 20-50 岁之间、慢性颈痛持续时间超过 6 个月的男女患者。使用 14 点自我管理问卷收集数据。通过 Spurling 试验来确定慢性颈痛中神经根病的发生情况，并使用视觉模拟评分法来评定疼痛强度。使用 SPSS 21 进行数据分析。
196 名患者中，135 名（68.9%）为女性，61 名（31.1%）为男性。最大年龄组为 20-30 岁，有 75 名（38.3%）患者。另外，46 名（23.5%）患者无颈痛，144 名（73.5%）患者中度疼痛，6 名（3.1%）患者疼痛难以忍受。84 名（42.9%）患者的神经根病为阴性，112 名（57.1%）患者为阳性。
神经根病与慢性颈痛有关。
