Physical and psychological predictors for persistent and recurrent non‐specific neck pain: a systematic review

Key Points

1. Neck pain is a very common issue.

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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

Neck pain is a very common experience resulting in disability and increased burden on individuals, their families, businesses, and the healthcare system (1). While many people recover from neck pain, more than 20% experience another episode within the first year (2), and others have pain persisting for more than three months. Pain is a complex and individual experience, and it can be challenging to give an accurate prognosis on recovery.

This review aimed to identify predictors of persistent and recurrent pain and disability and to evaluate their predictive strength.

While many people recover from neck pain, more than 20% experience another episode within the first year.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) are effective in lowering catastrophizing scores, and clinically significant improvements in pain and function occurred when applied in a multimodal treatment.

METHODS

• This review was conducted following a published protocol (3). The authors used a PICOTS framework to identify eligible articles. A search was conducted from inception to January 31, 2025, of five databases, and additional searches were performed via reference lists

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