Symptom severity and quality of life in patients with concurrent neck pain and dizziness.

CONCLUSION: Neck pain is a common complaint among dizzy patients. Patients with concurrent dizziness and neck pain should warrant attention due to poorer general and dizziness-related quality of life. This finding appears unrelated to whether or not they receive a peripheral vestibular diagnosis. IMPLICATION FOR REHABILITATION Neck pain is common in patients with dizziness and associated with higher dizziness handicap and lower quality of life. Neck pain should be addressed specifically in patients assessed for dizziness, irrespective of diagnosis. Further research is needed to better understand the interactions between neck pain and dizziness. PMID: 30739502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research