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Neck-shoulder region as the dominant pain area
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Neck pain is the focus area.
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Pain drawing, clinical examination
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Age 20-65
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The study aim at the working population.
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Questionnaire
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≥ 10 and ≤ 68 NDI score
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Focus on participants with mild, moderate or severe disability.
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Questionnaire
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Impaired capacity to work due to neck problems
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Focus on participants with disability that is relevant for working life.
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Questionnaire
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EXCLUSION
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Criteria
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Reason
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Assessment
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Trauma-related neck pain
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Focus on nonspecific neck-shoulder pain.
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Questionnaire
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Cervical rhizopathy or vestibular dysfunction
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Focus on nonspecific neck-shoulder pain without specific diagnosis that needs specific treatment.
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Questionnaire, clinical examination at suspicion
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Psychiatric, inflammatory, endocrinal, rheumatic, cancer, neurological or connective tissue disorders, stroke, heart infarct or type 1-diabetes
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Focus on nonspecific neck-shoulder pain without specific diagnosis that needs specific treatment.
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Questions if diagnoses exist from medical doctor
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Concurrent low back pain
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Predict poor treatment outcome and affect functioning.
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Questionnaire
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Fibromyalgia/generalized pain
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Focus on nonspecific neck pain.
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Questionnaire, clinical examination at suspicion
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Low treatment expectation or catastrophizing most or all of the time
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Prognostic factor for poor treatment outcome.
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Questionnaire
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Anxiety or depression
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Prognostic factor for poor treatment outcome.
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Questionnaire
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Temporomandibular disorders
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Focus on nonspecific neck-shoulder pain without specific diagnosis that needs specific treatment.
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Questionnaire
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Surgery or a fracture in the neck, back or shoulder, luxation of a shoulder joint
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Risk that this affects the measurements in a specific way, unrelated to nonspecific neck pain.
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Questionnaire
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Severely restricted ROM in cervical rotation or shoulder flexion
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Will not be able to accomplish the tests of functioning
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Clinical examination
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