Impact of cervical pain, neck mobility, and body mass index on teachers’ postural control

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the impact of neck pain, mobility, and body mass index on teachers’ postural control. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 54 state public school teachers, 68.5% (n = 37) being females, mean age 46.5 ± 9.3 years. Data were collected following instruments: Craniocervical Dysfunction Index (Brazilian version), force platform in bipedal semi-tandem stance, visual analog scale, cervical mobility index, index. analyzed nonparametric statistics multiple linear regression; significance level was set at p<0.05, 95% confidence intervals. Results: teachers pain severely impaired had greater control changes stance. In those mild smaller total displacement. Obese movement amplitude anteroposterior mediolateral directions. Conclusion: presented worse both