Table 11 Outcome Summary for Movement Accuracy Variables
From: Head kinematics in patients with neck pain compared to asymptomatic controls: a systematic review
Number of Errors | |||||
Summary of findings for INP: • Increased number of errors in INP patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: strong Summary of findings for WAD: • Increased number of errors in WAD patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: strong | |||||
Publication | Sample | Task | Task specifications | Results compared to C | Risk of Bias |
Ernst et al. [60] | INP 25 WAD 13 C 38 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Self-preferred Tracking Path: Predictable Patterns: Figure of eight (F8), Zig Zag (ZZ) | Increased in INP Increased in WAD | low |
Sarig Bahat et al. [75] | INP 12 WAD 8 C 20 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Self-preferred Tracking Path: Predictable Pattern: Zig Zag (ZZ) | Increased in INP Increased in WAD | low |
Point Deviation | |||||
Summary of findings in NP/ INP: • Inconsistent findings on point deviation in NP/ INP patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: conflicting Summary of findings in WAD: • Increased point deviation in WAD patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: moderate | |||||
Publication | Sample | Task | Task specifications | Results compared to C | Risk of Bias |
Sarig Bahat et al. [75] | INP 12 WAD 8 C 20 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking Path: Unpredictable Pattern: Horizontal and vertical line | Increased in INP for horizontal directions Increased in WAD for all directions | low |
De Zoete et al. [59] | INP 50 C 50 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | No significant differences | low |
Kristjansson et al. [64] | WAD 20 C 20 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | Increased in WAD | moderate |
Kristjansson and Oddsdottir et al. [65] | WAD 18 INP 18 C 18 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | Increased in WAD Increased in INP | moderate |
Meisingset et al. [67] | INP 75 C 91 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor, low speed and high speed A) Tracking path: Predictable Pattern: Figure of eight B) Tracking path: Unpredictable Patterns: Two incremental difficulties | Decreased in INP in high speed sitting and low speed standing in A) Decreased in INP for the easy pattern in B) | moderate |
Oddsottir et al. [68] | WAD 34 C 31 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | Increased in WAD | moderate |
Sarig Bahat et al. [74] | NP 33 C 22 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking Path: Unpredictable Pattern: Horizontal and vertical line | Increased in NP | moderate |
Time on Target | |||||
Summary of findings for INP: • Decreased time on target in INP patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: limited Summary of findings for WAD: • Decreased time on target in WAD patients compared to healthy controls • Level of evidence: moderate | |||||
Publication | Sample | Task | Task specifications | Results compared to C | Risk of Bias |
Kristjansson and Oddsdottir et al. [65] | WAD 18 INP 18 C 18 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | Decreased in WAD Decreased in INP | moderate |
Oddsottir et al. [68] | WAD 34 C 31 | Head aiming; Tracking | Speed: Given for the target cursor Tracking path: Unpredictable | Decreased in WAD | moderate |