A Cross-Sectional Study Correlating Degeneration of the Cervical Spine With Disability and Pain in United Kingdom Patients

Abstract

In patients with neck pain, there is no difference in reported pain and disability levels between those with and those without evidence of cervical spine degeneration. Patients whose neck pain is the result of trauma report significantly more pain and disability than nontrauma patients. This is not because of more spinal degeneration or overriding litigation issues.