Immediate effects of neck muscle vibration on eye-hand coordination task in individuals with and without chronic idiopathic neck pain
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Background: Vibration of neck muscle enhances arm-matching acuity and joint position sense, which are parts of eye-hand coordination. Therefore, vibration at the neck muscle may account for eye-hand coordination. To fully understand, an investigation of the effects of neck muscle vibration on eye-hand coordination in individuals with and without chronic idiopathic neck pain is needed.
Objective: To determine the effects of neck muscle vibration on eye-hand coordination tasks in individuals with and without chronic idiopathic neck pain.
Methods: Seventeen participants with chronic idiopathic neck pain and 17 participants without chronic idiopathic neck pain were included. All participants performed three levels (easy, medium, and hard) of the Lee-Ryan eye-hand coordination test. Neck muscle vibration was then applied over the suboccipital region and all participants immediately performed three levels of the Lee-Ryan eye-hand coordination test.
Results: There were no differences in eye-hand coordination between groups at pre- and post-neck muscle vibration (p>0.05). However, within-group comparisons demonstrated statistical improvements in times and the number of errors at all three levels at post-neck muscle vibration compared to pre-neck muscle vibration in both groups (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Eye-hand coordination tasks between groups, both pre- and post-neck muscle vibrations, were no different, although neck muscle vibration improved eye-hand coordination in both groups. An investigation of long-term effects of neck muscle vibration on eye-hand coordination in this population is needed.
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