Assessment of neck pain, low back pain and disability in patients isolated at home due to mild-COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Purpose: Neck pain (NP), low back pain (LBP) and related disability status in patients with COVID-19 have been not known yet. Therefore, pain and related disability status in patients with mild COVID-19 was investigated in current study. Methods: Patients with mild-COVID-19 (n=45, 40.64±17.18 yr) were included in current study. Pain perception (Numeric Rating Scale) and disability status (Neck Disability Index (NDI), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)) were evaluated remotely on the online forms at pre-COVID-19, isolation, and post-COVID-19 periods between 18 February 2021 and 9 May 2021. Results: NP existed in 9 (20%) patients (resting: 0.96±2.29, activity: 1.02±2.42) at pre-COVID-19, 16 (35.6%) patients (resting: 1.93±3.02, activity: 2.27±3.52) at isolation and 6 (13.3%) patients (resting: 0.62±1.81, activity: 0.87±2.31) at post-COVID-19 periods (p