Nadège Lemeunier1,2, S da Silva-Oolup3, N Chow3,4, D Southerst5, L Carroll6, J J Wong7, H Shearer7,3, P Mastragostino3, J Cox3, E Côté8, K Murnaghan9, D Sutton7, P Côté7,10. 1. Institut Franco-Européen de Chiropraxie, 72 chemin de la Flambère, 31300, Toulouse, France. nlemeunier@ifec.net. 2. UOIT-CMCC Centre for the Study of Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada. nlemeunier@ifec.net. 3. Division of Graduate Education and Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4. Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada. 5. Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, 63 Downing Street, New York, NY, 10014, USA. 6. School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 116 St and 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada. 7. UOIT-CMCC Centre for the Study of Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada. 8. Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A1, Canada. 9. Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. 10. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability and validity of clinical tests to assess the anatomical integrity of the cervical spine in adults with neck pain and its associated disorders. METHODS: We updated the systematic review of the 2000-2010 Bone and Joint Decade Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders. We also searched the literature to identify studies on the reliability and validity of Doppler velocimetry for the evaluation of cervical arteries. Two independent reviewers screened and critically appraised studies. We conducted a best evidence synthesis of low risk of bias studies and ranked the phases of investigations using the classification proposed by Sackett and Haynes. RESULTS: We screened 9022 articles and critically appraised 8 studies; all 8 studies had low risk of bias (three reliability and five validity Phase II-III studies). Preliminary evidence suggests that the extension-rotation test may be reliable and has adequate validity to rule out pain arising from facet joints. The evidence suggests variable reliability and preliminary validity for the evaluation of cervical radiculopathy including neurological examination (manual motor testing, dermatomal sensory testing, deep tendon reflexes, and pathological reflex testing), Spurling's and the upper limb neurodynamic tests. No evidence was found for doppler velocimetry. CONCLUSIONS: Little evidence exists to support the use of clinical tests to evaluate the anatomical integrity of the cervical spine in adults with neck pain and its associated disorders. We found preliminary evidence to support the use of the extension-rotation test, neurological examination, Spurling's and the upper limb neurodynamic tests.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability and validity of clinical tests to assess the anatomical integrity of the cervical spine in adults with neck pain and its associated disorders. METHODS: We updated the systematic review of the 2000-2010 Bone and Joint Decade Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders. We also searched the literature to identify studies on the reliability and validity of Doppler velocimetry for the evaluation of cervical arteries. Two independent reviewers screened and critically appraised studies. We conducted a best evidence synthesis of low risk of bias studies and ranked the phases of investigations using the classification proposed by Sackett and Haynes. RESULTS: We screened 9022 articles and critically appraised 8 studies; all 8 studies had low risk of bias (three reliability and five validity Phase II-III studies). Preliminary evidence suggests that the extension-rotation test may be reliable and has adequate validity to rule out pain arising from facet joints. The evidence suggests variable reliability and preliminary validity for the evaluation of cervical radiculopathy including neurological examination (manual motor testing, dermatomal sensory testing, deep tendon reflexes, and pathological reflex testing), Spurling's and the upper limb neurodynamic tests. No evidence was found for doppler velocimetry. CONCLUSIONS: Little evidence exists to support the use of clinical tests to evaluate the anatomical integrity of the cervical spine in adults with neck pain and its associated disorders. We found preliminary evidence to support the use of the extension-rotation test, neurological examination, Spurling's and the upper limb neurodynamic tests.
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