This prognostic prediction model will be a reference for the health care professionals in clinical decision making and subsequent outcomes in dealing with patients having sub-acute and chronic neck pain, as well as, it will be a guide regarding therapeutic management and patients' education. Although various studies have evaluated the prognostic factors for individual neck pain conditions or treatment, to author Knowledge, no such prognostic model is available yet that predict the recovery in patients of sub-acute and chronic neck pain when managed conservatively. Therefore, this study is aimed to create a prediction model suggesting the recovery time for neck pain.
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Numeric pain rating scale
Timeframe: Up to 2 months
Neck disability index
Timeframe: Up to 2 months
Range of Motion
Timeframe: Up to 2 months
Manual muscle testing for strength of cervical muscle
Timeframe: Up to 2 months