Consensus-based dosage recommendations for sensorimotor training in the management of neck pain: a Delphi study

Key Points

1. Cervical sensorimotor control training is important for patients with neck pain.

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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

The cervical spine is an important contributor to sensorimotor control and important for adequate head and eye movement control and postural stability (1). Consequently, patients with neck pain can have deficits in this area and assessment and management of sensorimotor control is an important component of multimodal management (2,3).

Nevertheless, knowledge with respect to dosage is limited as it is for neck exercises in general (4). This Delphi study aimed to develop dosage guidelines for sensorimotor control training (SMT) to help clinicians effectively implement this training as part of multimodal treatment for neck pain.

Patients with neck pain can have deficits in sensorimotor control, and assessment and management is an important component of multimodal management.

The recommendations this study found were that sensorimotor control training should include head and eye movement control, vestibular and postural stability exercises.

METHODS

• This study used a two round Delphi process to develop dosage recommendations for cervical SMT. Twelve experts (clinical = two, researchers = five, mixed = five) from within Switzerland and Germany were sought and completed the two rounds.

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