?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Assessing+the+Level+of+Disability%2C+Deep+Cervical+Flexor+Endurance+and+Fear+Avoidance+Beliefs+in+Bankers+with+Neck+Pain&rft.creator=Warikoo%2C+D&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+M&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+To+assess+the+level+of+disability%2C+the+deep+cervical+flexor+endurance+and+fear+avoidance+beliefs+(FAB)+in+bankers+with+neck+pain+and+to+find+a+correlation+between+disability+and+deep+cervical+muscle+endurance%2C+FAB+and+disability%2C+FAB+and+deep+flexor+muscle+endurance.+Methods%3A+It+was+an+observational+study.+The+Subjects+who+had+neck+pain+and+minimum+5+years%E2%80%99+experience+as+a+Banker+participated+in+the+study.+Total+100+subjects+were+selected.+All+the+subjects+were+assessed+for+their+disability+by+the+neck+pain+and+disability+score+(NPDI)%2C+their+deep+cervical+flexor+endurance+using+Pressure+Biofeedback+using+Cranio-Cervical+flexion+test+(CCFT)+and+Fear+Avoidance+Belief+by+using+questionnaire(+FABQ).+Results%3A+It+was+found+that+bankers+have+a+moderate+level+of+disability.+The+results+showed+an+elevated+fear+avoidance+belief+with+a+mean+value+of+FABQ-PA+21.61%C2%B14.42+and+FABQ-W+37.81%C2%B1+5.69.+The+results+indicated+that+a+negative+correlation+was+found+between+NPDI+and+CCFT+(r%3D0.855).+A+positive+correlation+was+found+between+NPDI+and+FABQ-PA(r%3D0.337)%2C+FABQ-W(r%3D0.500).+In+the+present+study+a+negative+correlation+was+found+between+CCFT+and+FABQ-W(r%3D0.553)%2C+FABQ-PA+(0.348)+and+positive+correlation+(r%3D0.540)+was+found+between+FABQ-PA+and+FABQ-W.+Conclusion%3A+The+present+study+concluded+that+there+was+a+significant+level+of+disability+and+significantly+decreased+endurance+level+and+increased+fear+avoidance+beliefs+(both+work+and+physical+activity+related)+among+bankers+with+neck+pain.+In+addition+to+that+there+was+a+significant+correlation+found+between+NPDI+and+CCFT%2C+NPDI+and+FABQ%2C+CCFT+and+FABQ%2C+FABQ-W+and+FABQ-PA.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9157%2F1%2F2013-2-9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Warikoo%2C+D+and+Sharma%2C+M++(2013)+Assessing+the+Level+of+Disability%2C+Deep+Cervical+Flexor+Endurance+and+Fear+Avoidance+Beliefs+in+Bankers+with+Neck+Pain.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9157%2F