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MOST COMMON TENDER MUSCLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISABILITY IN NONSPECIFIC NECK PAIN AMONG TEACHERS

Dr. Irrij Javed Jadoon, Dr. Ayesha Javed, Nida Akhtar, Sana Sayyad, Mahnoor Yasin, Naheeda Javed, Abdul Rehman, Sania Tanveer Qazi

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ABSTRACT:

                                The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) characterizes pain as a subjective and individualized encounter, encompassing both unpleasant sensory and emotional sensations, which can be linked to real or potential tissue damage, or described in connection to such harm. The majority of neck pain cases lack a precise and identifiable cause, leading to the use of the term "non-specific neck pain." This term excludes neck pain resulting from trauma, cervical radiculopathy, or any specific patho-anatomic origin in the neck region. This study aims to find out the prevalence of most common tender muscle and its corresponding disability in non-specific neck pain in teachers. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in different schools and colleges. Data was collected through 21 items survey questionnaire from schools and colleges, which was then analyzed by SPSS version 2022. In this survey study 21 items questionnaire and 377 respondents were included to find the frequency and tenderness of most painful neck muscle. Muscles were palpated manually which resulted that most specific tender neck muscle is right occipital border 284(75.3%). We also used NDI (neck disability index) which suggested that 148(39.3%) were mild(5-14) disable followed by 95(25.2%) no disability(0-4),91(24.1%) moderate disability (15-24),29(7.7%) complete disability(35-higher) and 14(3.7%)severe disability(25-34).

Key words

Prevalence, neck pain, tenderness, disability, pain intensity.