Do male and female patients with chronic neck pain really have different health-related physical fitness, depression, anxiety and quality of life parameters?

Yalcinkaya H., ÜÇOK K., ULAŞLI A. M., Coban N. F., AYDIN S., Kaya I., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES, vol.20, no.9, pp.1079-1087, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/1756-185x.12389
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1079-1087
  • Keywords: aerobic exercise capacity, chronic neck pain, daily physical activity, pain threshold, sleep quality, strength, RESTING METABOLIC-RATE, 2000-2010 TASK-FORCE, LOW-BACK-PAIN, ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS, BODY-COMPOSITION, MUSCLE STRENGTH, OBESE ADULTS, EXERCISE, WOMEN, DISABILITY
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

AimThe purpose of this study was to investigate whole body physical fitness parameters such as maximal aerobic capacity (VO(2)max), muscle strength, trunk flexibility, daily physical activity, pulmonary function, body composition, anxiety and depression, as well as other disease-related changes in patients with chronic neck pain (CNP), and to compare them with healthy controls.