Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2022 May;45(4):290-297. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2022.07.002. Epub 2022 Aug 31.
The purpose of the study was to investigate pulmonary functions of patients with chronic neck pain and compare them with those of asymptomatic controls.
This case-control study was conducted with 25 patients with chronic neck pain (age, 26.84 ± 7.89 years) and 27 age-matched asymptomatic controls (age, 25.96 ± 7.13 years). Pulmonary function tests were performed using spirometry (Quark PFT, COSMED, Rome, Italy). Forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV), forced expiratory flow at 25% to 75% vital capacity, peak expiratory flow, maximum voluntary ventilation, and the FEV/FVC ratio were measured and are expressed as (%) predicted value for patients with chronic neck pain and asymptomatic controls.
The chronic neck pain group had lower FEV (P = .015), FVC (P = .029), forced expiratory flow at 25% to 75% vital capacity (P = .040), and maximum voluntary ventilation (P = .042) compared with asymptomatic controls; however, FEV/FVC (P = .470) and peak expiratory flow (P = .183) were similar in both groups.
These results demonstrated that dynamic lung volumes were lower in patients with chronic neck pain compared with asymptomatic controls.
研究旨在探讨慢性颈痛患者的肺功能，并将其与无症状对照者进行比较。
本病例对照研究纳入了 25 例慢性颈痛患者（年龄 26.84 ± 7.89 岁）和 27 名年龄匹配的无症状对照者（年龄 25.96 ± 7.13 岁）。使用肺量计（Quark PFT，COSMED，意大利罗马）进行肺功能检查。用力肺活量（FVC）、第 1 秒用力呼气量（FEV）、25%至 75%肺活量时的用力呼气流量、呼气峰流速、最大自主通气量以及 FEV/FVC 比值均进行了测量，并以慢性颈痛患者和无症状对照者的预计值（%）表示。
与无症状对照者相比，慢性颈痛组的 FEV（P =.015）、FVC（P =.029）、25%至 75%肺活量时的用力呼气流量（P =.040）和最大自主通气量（P =.042）较低；然而，两组的 FEV/FVC（P =.470）和呼气峰流速（P =.183）相似。
这些结果表明，与无症状对照者相比，慢性颈痛患者的动态肺容积较低。
