%0 Journal Article
%@ 1929-073X
%I JMIR Publications
%V 12
%N 
%P e43274
%T Neck Collar Assessment for People Living With Motor Neuron Disease: Are Current Outcome Measures Suitable?
%A Spears,Samuel D J
%A Abdulle,Yusuf F
%A Korovilas,Dionisios
%A Torii,Ryo
%A Kalaskar,Deepak M
%A Sharma,Nikhil
%+ Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, 10 Pond Street, London, NW3 2PS, United Kingdom, 44 207 794 0500, d.kalaskar@ucl.ac.uk
%K motor neuron disease
%K outcome measures
%K neck collar
%K bespoke orthoses
%K 3D scanning
%D 2023
%7 14.3.2023
%9 Viewpoint
%J Interact J Med Res
%G English
%X A majority of people living with motor neuron disease (MND) experience weakness of the neck and as a result, experience head drop. This exacerbates problems with everyday activities (eating, talking, breathing, etc). Neck collars are often used to support head drop; however, these are typically designed for prehospitalization settings to manage and brace the cervical region of the spine. As a result, it has been recorded that people living with MND often reject these collars for a variety of reasons but most notably because they are too restricting. The current standardized outcome measures (most notably restricting cervical range of motion) used for neck collars are summarized herein along with whether they are suitable for a bespoke neck collar specifically designed for people living with MND.
%M 36917160
%R 10.2196/43274
%U https://www.i-jmr.org/2023/1/e43274
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/43274
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36917160