Neck Pain and Disability Scale


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Search Strategy[edit | edit source]

Objective
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Composite index including 20 items which measure the intensity of pain; its interference with vocational,
recreational, social, and functional aspects of living ; and the presence and extent of associated emotional factors.

Intended Population
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Cervical pain syndromes, neck pain.

Method of Use
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Patients respond to each item by marking along a 10cm visual analog scale. Items score range from 0 to 5, and
the total score is a total of the item scores. Completion of the NPAD usually requires less than 5 minutes

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]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[2]

Validity[edit | edit source]

Mark Chan Ci En, Dean A. Clair and Stephen J. Edmondston. Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4):433-438[3]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[2]

Responsiveness[edit | edit source]

Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.[2]

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

Goolkasian, P. Neck Pain and Disability Scale: a critical evaluation. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2003;3(4):379-382[4]

Links
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http://www.oarsi.org/pdfs/pain_indexes/NECK_PAIN_DISABILITY_INDEX_QUESTIONNAIRE.pdf

Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]

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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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bremerich FH, Grob D, Dvorak J, Mannion AF. The Neck Pain and Disability Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients. Spine. 2008;33(9):1018-27.
  3. Mark Chan Ci En, Dean A. Clair and Stephen J. Edmondston. Manual Therapy, 2009, 14(4):433-438
  4. Goolkasian, P. Neck Pain and Disability Scale: a critical evaluation. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2003;3(4):379-382