Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 442-446 , July 2008

Is It Time for a Population Health Approach to Neck Pain?

  • J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Pierre Côté, DC, PhD

Received 6 June 2008 ,Revised 6 June 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

References 

  1. Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carroll L. The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey. The prevalence of neck pain and related disability in Saskatchewan adults. Spine. 1998;23:1689–1698
  2. Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carroll L. The factors associated with neck pain and its related disability in the Saskatchewan population. Spine. 2000;25:1109–1117
  3. Côté P, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, et al. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S60–S74
  4. Côté P, Kristman V, Vidmar M, Van Eerd D, Hogg-Johnson S, Beaton D, et al. The prevalence and incidence of work absenteeism involving neck pain: a cohort of Ontario lost-time claimants. Spine. 2008;33:S192–S198
  5. Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, et al. The burden and determinants of neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S39–S51
  6. Holm LW, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Guzman J, et al. The burden and determinants of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S52–S59
  7. Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carroll L. The treatment of neck and low back pain: who seeks care? who goes where?. Med Care. 2001;39:956–967
  8. Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Kristman V. The annual incidence and course of neck pain in the general population: a population-based cohort study. Pain. 2004;112:267–273
  9. Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, et al. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S123–S152
  10. Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Côté P, Frank J. Does multidisciplinary rehabilitation benefit whiplash recovery? results of a population-based incidence cohort study. Spine. 2007;32:126–131
  11. Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Carroll L, Frank JW, Bombardier C. Initial patterns of clinical care and recovery from whiplash injuries: a population-based cohort study. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2257–2263
  12. Black N. Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care. BMJ. 1996;312:1215–1218
  13. Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Côté P, Carragee EJ, et al. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S14–S23
  14. Heller RF, Page J. A population perspective to evidence based medicine: “evidence for population health”. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002;56:45–47
  15. Wyatt M, Underwood MR, Scheel IB, Cassidy JD, Nagel P. Back pain and health policy research: the what, why, how, who, and when. Spine. 2004;29:E468–E475
  16. Buchbinder R, Jolley D, Wyatt M. Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs and disability: three part evaluation. BMJ. 2001;322:1516–1520
  17. Gross DP, Ferrari R, Russell AS, Battie MC, Schopflocher D, Hu RW, et al. A population-based survey of back pain beliefs in Canada. Spine. 2006;31:2142–2145
  18. Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Peloso PM, Giles-Smith L, Cheng CS, Greenhalgh SW, et al. Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S33–S38
  19. van der Velde G, vanTulder M, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Aker P, Cassidy JD, et al. The sensitivity of review results to methods used to appraise and incorporate trial quality into data synthesis. Spine. 2007;32:796–806
  20. Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Holm L, Kraus J, Coronado VG. Methodological issues and research recommendations for mild traumatic brain injury: the WHO Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Rehabil Med. 2004;113–125
  21. Spitzer WO, Skovron ML, Salmi LR, Cassidy JD, Duranceau J, Suissa S, et al. Scientific monograph of the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash-Associated Disorders: redefining "whiplash" and its management. Spine. 1995;20:1S–73S
  22. Nordin M, Carragee EJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Weiner SS, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, et al. Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S101–S122
  23. Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, et al. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S75–S82
  24. Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, et al. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S93–S100
  25. Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, et al. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD): results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S83–S92
  26. Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, et al. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S153–S169
  27. Borghouts JA, Koes BW, Vondeling H, Bouter LM. Cost-of-illness of neck pain in The Netherlands in 1996. Pain. 1999;80:629–636
  28. Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Côté P, Lemstra M, Berglund A, Nygren A. Effect of eliminating compensation for pain and suffering on the outcome of insurance claims for whiplash injury. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1179–1186
  29. Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Carroll L, Frank JW, Bombardier C. Early aggressive care and delayed recovery from whiplash: Isolated finding or reproducible result?. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57:861–868
  30. Farmer CM, Wells JK, Werner JV. Relationship of head restraint positioning to driver neck injury in rear-end crashes. Accid Anal Prev. 1999;31:719–728
  31. Farmer CM, Wells JK, Lund AK. Effects of head restraint and seat redesign on neck injury risk in rear-end crashes. Traffic Inj Prev. 2003;4:83–90
  32. Gerr F, Marcus M, Monteilh C, Hannan L, Ortiz D, Kleinbaum D. A randomised controlled trial of postural interventions for prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms among computer users. Occup Environ Med. 2005;62:478–487
  33. Horneij E, Hemborg B, Jensen I, Ekdahl C. No significant differences between intervention programmes on neck, shoulder and low back pain: a prospective randomized study among home-care personnel. J Rehabil Med. 2001;33:170–176
  34. Berglund A, Alfredsson L, Cassidy JD, Jensen I, Nygren A. The association between exposure to a rear-end collision and future neck or shoulder pain: a cohort study. J Clin Epidemiol. 2000;53:1089–1094
  35. Berglund A, Alfredsson L, Jensen I, Cassidy JD, Nygren A. The association between exposure to a rear-end collision and future health complaints. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001;54:851–856
  36. Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Carroll L, Frank JW. The association between neck pain intensity, physical functioning, depressive symptomatology and time-to-claim-closure after whiplash. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001;54:275–286
  37. Nygren A. Injuries to car occupants–some aspects of the interior safety of cars. A study of a five-year material from an insurance company. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1984;395:1–164
  38. Carroll LJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Carragee EJ, Nordin M, et al. Research priorities and methodological implications: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S214–S220
  39. Black N. What observational studies can offer decision makers. Horm Res. 1999;51(Suppl 1):44–49
  40. Haldeman S, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD. The empowerment of people with neck pain: introduction: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine. 2008;33:S8–S13

 Dr Cassidy is supported in part by a Centre of Research Expertise grant from the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Dr Côté is supported by a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00169-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.008

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 442-446 , July 2008

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution