Cervical Dizziness in Patients With Acute Non-specific Neck Pain

Evaluation of Proprioceptive Sense in Patients With Acute Non-specific Neck Pain and Elucidation of Its Relationship With Cervical Vertigo.

Acute non-specific neck pain (ANSNP) is one of the causes of cervicogenic dizziness (CD).To investigate the severity of CD in patients with ANSNP and to determine the efficacy of the treatment and follow-up.

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of cervical proprioception impairment to the development of cervical dızzıness in patients with acute non specific neck pain and to determine the efficacy of the treatment and follow-up performed in patients coexisting with cervical dizziness and nonspecific neck pain. Our hypothesis was that the objective measurement of muscle stiffness with shear-wave elastography could aid in the differential diagnosis in patients coexisting with cervical dizziness and non specific neck pain.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inclusion criteria were as follows: pain on palpation in the neck area, neck stiffness, tension and tenderness in the neck muscles, and cervical movement limitation. All the patients included in the study had no history of a maneuver for dizziness, no history of ototoxic drug use, and had normal hearing.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria included presence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), Meniere's disease, migraine-associated vertigo, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, postural hypotension, a history of trauma to the cervical region, myofascial pain syndrome, and neurological, rheumatological, and systemic diseases. Additionally, patients detected with neck-related conditions (cervical spondylosis, cervical disc hernia, fracture, dislocation, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis) and fibromyalgia in cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were also excluded from the study.