Relationship between Neuromuscular Mechanosensitivity and Chronic Neck Pain in Guitarists: A Cross-Sectional Study

Valeria Estefanía Aguilar Rojas, Arisandy Flores Pluma, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa, Rubén Fernández-Matías, Patricia Martinez-Merinero, Susana Nuñez-Nagy and Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo
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Valeria Estefanía Aguilar Rojas: Faculty of Medicine, Benemerita Autonoma de Puebla University, 72000 Puebla, Mexico
Arisandy Flores Pluma: Faculty of Medicine, Benemerita Autonoma de Puebla University, 72000 Puebla, Mexico
Daniel Pecos-Martín: Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa: Research Institute of Physical Therapy and Pain, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Rubén Fernández-Matías: Research Institute of Physical Therapy and Pain, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Patricia Martinez-Merinero: Research Institute of Physical Therapy and Pain, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Susana Nuñez-Nagy: Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo: Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Musicians frequently complain of musculoskeletal pain due to high mechanical demands, with the cervical spine being the most affected. Increased neuromuscular mechanosensitivity due to repetitive mechanical stress over time has been described in neck pain patients. Nevertheless, the association between musculoskeletal pain and neuromuscular mechanosensitivity in musicians is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between neuromuscular tissue mechanosensitivity and neck pain in guitarists. Guitarists with chronic neck pain ( n = 70) and without pain ( n = 70) were enrolled. Pain and disability were measured by the visual analogue scale and the Neck Disability Index, respectively. The pressure pain threshold (PPT) was bilaterally measured for the upper trapezius and median nerve. Finally, the Upper limb neural test one (ULNT1) was bilaterally measured. The analyses included a 2-by-2 mixed analysis of variance, pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni correction, linear regression model, and multiple linear regression. Our data showed that chronic neck pain guitarists have a lower PPT at all locations compared to healthy guitarists. They also showed a bilateral main effect for pain for ULNT1 compared to healthy guitarists. These results were not affected by the mediator variables. Finally, a relationship between upper trapezius PPT and median nerve PPT was found.

Keywords: pressure pain threshold; neural test; neck disability; upper extremity disability; musicians (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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