Week 1 Lecture 1

Question 1

What is the definition of neck pain?

Answer 1

Pain perceived as arising anywhere within the region bounded superiorly by the superior nuchal line, inferiorly by an imaginary line through the tip of the first thoracic spinous process and laterally by sagittal planes tangential to the lateral borders of the neck.

Question 2

What are other terminologies synonymous to non-specific neck pain?

Answer 2

1. Idiopathic neck pain
2. Cervical pain
3. Cervicalgia

Question 3

What is radiculopathy?

Answer 3

Nerve root compromise

Question 4

What is radicular pain?

Answer 4

Pain associated with radiculopathy

Question 5

What is myelopathy?

Answer 5

Spinal cord compromise

Question 6

What movement is the atlas C1 responsible for?

Answer 6

Flexion/Extension

Question 7

What movement is the axis C2 responsible for?

Answer 7

Rotation

Question 8

What does the provocative cervical discography symptom mapping tell us?

Answer 8

Pain associated is diffuse.

Question 9

What is the prevalence of neck pain?

Answer 9

High 31-71% lifetime prevalence

Question 10

What are the nociceptive sources of neck pain?

Answer 10

1. Somatic pain: bone, joint, muscle, ligament or disc
2. Blood vessels
3. Nerve roots or spinal cord (meninges)
4. Cardiac or viscera
5. Systemic disease
6. Widespread pain syndrome