It has confirmed that 45.5% of a total of 512 workers in the office have compliants of neck pain, and in 50%-85% of those with neck pain, 47% have chronic symptoms in which the symptoms are not completely resolved. Seventy-one percent of the world’s population has a high incidence of experiencing neck pain at least once in their lifetime. Keywords : Diagnosis differential, Diagnostic techniques and procedures, Electrodiagnosis, Neck injuries In this study, we investigated the clinical usefulness of the static sEMG test in evaluating the pain scale of persons with neck pain with high reliability and validity.

The VAS and NDI were statistically correlated with sEMG and algometer results ( p<0.05). The results of this study showed that there were significant differences in respect to age, VAS, sEMG and algometer tests between persons with neck pain and healthy adults ( p<0.05). SEMG and algometer tests were reliable according to the test-retest reliability results in subjects with neck pain and healthy adults (ICC=0.815-0.979). The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the linear relationship between measured variables. Independent t-tests were used to analyze the differences in the dependent variables between subjects with neck pain and healthy adults. sEMG test-retest reliability was measured by intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). The site for using the sEMG and algometer was the upper trapezius. To evaluate the validity and reliability of sEMG in subjects with neck pain, the subjects’characteristics were recorded and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were examined in addition to sEMG and algometer tests being carried out on the subjects. Twenty-two female participants with neck pain and thirty healthy adults in the age group of 20-65 years were recruited in this study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of using static surface electromyography (sEMG) on persons with neck pain and in healthy adults.

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