IntroductionAt a rate of more than 30% annually, neck pain is a very prevalent musculoskeletal ailment that is second only to low back pain as the most common cause of disability. Most occurrences of neck pain are nonspecific. Telerehabilitation is regarded as a potentially effective healthcare approach in this setting. This review aims to evaluate how a telerehabilitation-based intervention affected individuals with nonspecific neck pain (NNP) in terms of pain and disability.MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane library, ClinicalTrials.gov, CNKI, and WanFang were consulted from inception to September 2023, with the inclusion of randomized controlled trials only. The experimental data were meta-analyzed using RevMan 5.3.ResultsThe meta-analysis contained eight studies; there was no significant difference in pain improvement in patients with NNP by telerehabilitation compared to conventional care (SMD = −0.10, 95% CI: −0.48 to 0.28), but there was a significant effect on disability improvement (SMD = −0.41, 95% CI: −0.78 to −0.03). Telerehabilitation demonstrated more significant improvements in pain (SMD = −1.16, 95% CI: −1.99 to −0.32) and disability (MD = −3.78, 95% CI: −5.29 to −2.27) compared to minimal or no intervention.DiscussionThis study emphasizes the potential benefits of employing telerehabilitation in patients with NNP, especially in reducing pain intensity and improving disability. But additional study is required to fully grasp the potential of telerehabilitation in this field.

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远程康复对非特异性颈部疼痛患者的疗效：荟萃分析

简介 颈部疼痛是一种非常普遍的肌肉骨骼疾病，每年发病率超过 30%，是仅次于腰痛的最常见的致残原因。大多数颈部疼痛的发生都是非特异性的。在这种情况下，远程康复被认为是一种潜在有效的医疗保健方法。本综述旨在评估基于远程康复的干预措施如何影响非特异性颈痛 (NNP) 患者的疼痛和残疾。方法PubMed、Web of Science、Scopus、Embase、MEDLINE、Cochrane 图书馆、ClinicalTrials.gov、CNKI 和万方从一开始到 2023 年 9 月都进行了咨询，仅包含随机对照试验。使用RevMan 5.3对实验数据进行荟萃分析。结果荟萃分析包含8项研究；与传统护理相比，远程康复对 NNP 患者的疼痛改善没有显着差异（SMD = -0.10，95% CI：-0.48 至 0.28），但对残疾改善有显着影响（SMD = -0.41，95） % CI：-0.78 至 -0.03）。与最少干预或无干预相比，远程康复在疼痛（SMD = -1.16，95% CI：-1.99 至 -0.32）和残疾（MD = -3.78，95% CI：-5.29 至 -2.27）方面有更显着的改善。讨论本研究强调了对 NNP 患者进行远程康复的潜在好处，特别是在减轻疼痛强度和改善残疾方面。但需要进行更多研究才能充分掌握远程康复在该领域的潜力。