Can clinical measures of upper quarter postural muscle performance predict neck pain in visual display terminal operators?

• Main Authors: Peter G. Osmotherly, John Attia, Ammarin Thakkinstian
• Other Authors: University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Health Professions; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19248
• Institution: Mahidol University

Objective: The prevalence of neck and shoulder pain in visual display terminal operators is estimated between 40% and 69%. One theory proposed for this is inadequate low load functioning of the postural muscles of the neck and shoulder girdle leading to microtrauma of cervical spine structures. A te...