Do male and female patients with chronic neck pain really have different health-related physical fitness, depression, anxiety and quality of life parameters?

Abstract

AimThe purpose of this study was to investigate whole body physical fitness parameters such as maximal aerobic capacity (VO(2)max), muscle strength, trunk flexibility, daily physical activity, pulmonary function, body composition, anxiety and depression, as well as other disease-related changes in patients with chronic neck pain (CNP), and to compare them with healthy controls.