Arm Speed a Predictor of Neck Pain

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Arm Speed a Predictor of Neck Pain

Helsinki City Council workers, 35-54 years of age, were examined twice at one-year intervals to investigate the speed of repetitive arm motion for its ability to predict neck pain. Psychomotor factors have been suggested to play a role in the etiology of spinal disorders.

Of the 124 men and women who reported not having had neck pain during the year before the baseline examination, 23 reported neck pain on re-examination. The incidence of neck pain was significantly higher, both in the least and most rapid quintiles. These results suggest that people with either very slow or very rapid arm motion may have an increased risk of neck pain. The etiology of neck pain is probably different on these two occasions.

Lauren H, Luoto S, Alaranta H, Taimela S, Hurri H, Heliovaara M. Arm-motion speed and risk of neck pain: a preliminary communication. Spine, Sept. 1997;22(18), pp2094-9.