Jeff Langmaid breaks down a study of over 600 people linking cervical MRI findings to neck pain, disability, and headaches. Key numbers: 31% had moderate to severe neck pain, 59% had moderate to severe disability, and 42% reported headaches. The study examined vertebral end plate signal changes and other degenerative findings.
We're going to talk all about the association between cervical degenerative findings on MRI and its association with neck pain, disability and headache. This is a brand new study that we're going to highlight a lot of clinical pearls and take home messages. The study's title is the association between Cervical Degenerative MRI Findings and Self Reported Neck Pain, Disability and Headache. This is a cross sectional exploratory study. And what they were looking at specifically was vertebral end plate signal changes. They call that VES C. And in this study, they took a look at over 600 people. Of those individuals, 31% had moderate or severe neck pain, 59% had moderate or severe neck disability, 42% had reported headaches, and 35% had one or more cervical degenerative finding on MRI. We're going to talk about that, talk about the statistics and highlight how it's applicable to the conversations you are having in your practice.
