Additional Benefits of Virtual Reality Therapy for Individuals With Neck Pain

It is a pain rating scale with numbers 0 and 10. Here 0 means 'no pain' and 10 means 'unbearable pain'. The participant will rate the pain according to the scale. Patients' night, rest and activity pain will be evaluated separately.

It is the most widely used scale for cervical dysfunction and pain. It is also a unidimensional measurement used to determine the patient's perceived level of disability due to neck pain. It is a personal questionnaire consisting of 10 items regarding daily living activities. Each section is scored from 0 (no disability) to 5 (complete disability). The total score ranges from 0 (no injury) to 50 (total injury).

Cervical range of motion, flexion, extension, right-left lateral flexion and right-left rotations will be measured and recorded using a goniometer. Normal joint ranges of motion; Flexion was determined as 50 degrees, extension as 70 degrees, lateral flexion as 45 degrees and rotation as 80 degrees.

It consists of 17 questions designed to measure fear of movement. A 4-point Likert scoring (1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: agree, 4: completely agree) is used. Total score varies between 17-68. It is concluded that the higher the person scores on the scale, the higher the fear of movement.

This scale, developed to determine the degree of insomnia symptoms, can be used in normal population screening and clinical evaluation of insomnia. It is a five-point Likert type scale consisting of seven items. 0-7 points indicate insignificant insomnia, 8-14 indicates clinically subthreshold insomnia, 15-21 indicates moderate insomnia, and 22-28 indicates severe insomnia.

This scale was used to determine anxiety and depression symptomatology. The scale consists of a total of 14 items, 7 items assessing depression and 7 items assessing anxiety. By summing the subscale scores, 0-21 points can be obtained from each of the depression and anxiety scales. 0-7 points; no depression or anxiety disorder, 8-10 points; mild depression or anxiety disorder, 11-14 points; moderate, 15-21 points; indicates severe disorder.

A pressure algometer (Baseline dolorimeter-66 pound sensitivity- with circular probe) will be used to evaluate the pressure pain threshold. Pain pressure thresholds will be measured from both the right and left upper trapezius and the right-left C1/2 and C5/6 articular pilar level. Before measurements are taken at these points, the pressure pain threshold measurement will be displayed on the patient's hand in order to familiarize the patient with the procedure. Participants will be told to say 'stop' when the feeling changes from pressure to pain. Three measurements will be made at each point with a 1 cm diameter probe and a maximum pressure of up to 60 N will be applied at a speed of approximately 3 N/s. A 30-second rest period will be left between each measurement and the average of the measurements will be recorded.