Neck Pain and Disability Scale

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Summary
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Patient-completed visual analogue scale of 20 items measuring intensity of pain, interference with vocational, recreational. social and functional aspects of living and the presence and extent of associated emotional factors. Item scores range from 0-5 and the total score is a total of the item scores

Intended Population
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Cervical pain syndromes, neck pain.

Reference
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Wheeler A H, Goolkasian P, et al (1999). Development of the neck pain and disability scale: Item analysis, face, and criterion-related validity Spine 24, 13, 1290-1294[1]

Evidence[edit | edit source]

Reliability[edit | edit source]

Validity[edit | edit source]

Include most of the functional problems common to the patient group with chronic non-traumatic neck pain, and displays good content validity[2]

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References[edit | edit source]

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  1. Wheeler A H, Goolkasian P, et al (1999). Development of the neck pain and disability scale: Item analysis, face, and criterion-related validity Spine 24, 13, 1290-1294
  2. Mark Chan Ci En, Dean A. Clair and Stephen J. Edmondston. Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4):433-438