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dc.contributor.advisorBoodhoo, Vilash-
dc.contributor.advisorKorporaal, Charmaine Maria-
dc.contributor.authorSlabbert, Warren Nevilleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-08T09:03:59Z
dc.date.available2012-04-01T22:20:04Z
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.other325869-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/538-
dc.descriptionDissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for a Masters Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2010.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for neck pain in the white population in the greater Durban area. The rational for this study was that there have been few epidemiological studies done on neck pain and even less when concerning different population groups. Discrepancies between population groups have been found in various pain related studies. The present epidemiological study eliminated any possible variables between population groups by studying only the white population in a specific geographical area (Durban). Therefore, physicians treating people with neck pain should use the risk factors that were established in this and other studies and integrate them in their treatment protocol. The study was conducted at three shopping centres around Durban that were randomly selected. Each shopping centre was grouped by the socio-economic status of the surrounding suburbs. There were 900 participants surveyed at three shopping centres by means of a questionnaire. The data were then statistically analysed using SPSS version 15. It was found that the overall prevalence of neck pain was 45%. The participants in this study that had neck pain were more likely to be females that were married or previously married, had a job that caused their heads to turn or to work with their arms above their heads. Lifestyle factors included one or a combination of the following: lead a stressful lifestyle, were emotional, had perceived bad posture, had previously experienced neck or head trauma, slept in awkward positions, watched television, required glasses and did not play squash.en_US
dc.format.extent116 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectNeck painen_US
dc.subjectChiropracticen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectPopulationen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshChiropracticen_US
dc.subject.lcshNeck painen_US
dc.subject.lcshWhites--South Africa--Durbanen_US
dc.subject.lcshNeck pain--Epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleAn epidemiological investigation of neck pain in the white population in the greater Durban areaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.dut-rims.pubnumDUT-000397en_US
dc.description.levelMen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/538-
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