Exercise Therapy for Neck Pain: Consensus from Chinese Experts

Neck pain was a major public health challenge all over the world, and the prevalence of neck pain was shown to be 75.1%. In October 2016, the State Council issued the Outline of the "Health China 2030" plan. This outline proposed that:the national fitness campaign should be carried out extensively; the integration of exercise and medicine, and non-medical health interventions should be strengthened. To further improve the treatment level of neck pain through exercise therapy, the expert group was established, composed of the experts in rehabilitation science, orthopedics and sports science in China. And they organized and formulated "Exercise therapy for neck pain:expert consensus", based on searching international and domestic common electronic databases, referring to the international evidence level, and combining with the current situation of "the integration of exercise and medical services, non-medical health interventions" which is being actively implemented in China. The standardization and recommendation of exercise therapy for neck pain was formulated with Chinese characteristics.