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The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is a 10-item patient-rated instrument for assessing self-rated disability due to neck pain of mechanical origin. This would include categories such as “nonspecific neck pain,” whiplash, whiplash-associated disorder, repetitive strain injury, sports-related neck pain, and neck and arm pain.
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The Neck Disability Index (NDI) was developed in the late 1980s by Dr. Howard Vernon and first published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in 1991 (Vernon & Mior, 1991). The NDI was modelled on a similar instrument for assessing self-rated disability in low back pain patients – the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (Fairbank, Couper, Davies, & O’Brien, 1980) – which had been in existence for about 8 years. Dr. Vernon received permission from the developer of the “Oswestry Index” to modify it for use in neck pain patients.
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Vernon, H. (2014). Neck Disability Index. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1915
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