International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access

Correlation between neck pain and postural abnormalities among university office workers in Saudi Arabia

9^th International Conference on Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

July 10-11, 2023 | Dubai, UAE

Doaa-Al-Saleh

Saudi Arabia

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Int J Phys Med Rehabil

Abstract :

Neck-pain is a common problem of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Office-workers have a higher risk of developing neck-pain compared to the general population, and female office-workers are three times more likely to develop neck-pain. Objectives To examine the relationships between neck-pain and disability, thoracic-kyphosis, and cervical sagittal translation mobility and to determine the impact of demographics on pain-intensity. Methods Cross-sectional study on 140 female office-workers (35.47 ± 4.56 years) with nonspecific neck-pain from medical colleges of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. The main outcome measures: Pain-intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), neck-disability index (Neck Disability Index), thoracic-kyphosis (Spinal Mouse) and cervical sagittal translation mobility (Myrin’s inclinometer/goniometer). Multiple Linear Regression was utilized to analyze the association between pain-intensity and neck dysfunctions. Univariate analysis of variance determined the impact of the participants’ demographics on pain-intensity. Results Pain-intensity is significantly associated with high neck-disability, a high thoracic-kyphosis (t=2.677, 18.466, p= 0.008, 0.000 respectively), and limitation of cervical sagittal translation mobility (t = -2.411, p= 0.017). A significant relationship exists between pain-intensity and age (F= 2.839, P= 0.000), years of experience (F= 75.759, P= 0.000), and daily paperwork hours (F= 11.603, P= 0.000). In contrast, no significant relationship exists between pain-intensity and BMI (F= 1.802, P = 0.184), daily working hours, and computer hours (F= 0.707, 1.387, P= 0.497, 0.240 respectively). Conclusion High pain-intensity may be associated with increased disability, thoracic-kyphosis abnormality, and limitation in cervical sagittal translation mobility among female office-workers. Advanced age, increased years of experience, and more paperwork hours have an impact on increased neck pain-intensity.

Biography :

Doaa Al-Saleh is specialized in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy also completed her Msc in physical therapy sciences. Research interests are physical therapy and pain medicine.