1Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Noida
2Professor, Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Noida
3Head of Department Capri Institute of Manual Therapy, New Delhi
*Corresponding Author: Neha Gupta, Assistant Professor Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh-201313, Phone: +919810280410 Email: ngupta4@amity.edu
Online published on 19 August, 2019.
The current review intended to summarize the risk factors responsible for onset of neck pain.
An electronic and hand search along with cross referencing was done on five online databases (Cochrane Library, PEDro, Scopus, PubMed (Medline) and Google Scholar) using the following key words, “neck pain”, “nonspecific neck pain”, “prevalence of neck pain” and “risk factors associated with neck pain”.
Out of 715 papers identified 77 full text papers were reviewed. 12 studies meeting the inclusion criteria were included and were scored for methodological quality (MQ) on the New Castle Ottawa Scale modified for cross-sectional studies. Conclusion the identified risk factors for onset of neck pain include being of female gender, poor working conditions, presence of stress and depression, work overload both for students and professionals.
Neck pain, risk factors, prevalence, musculoskeletal disorders
