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Neck Collar Assessment for People Living with MND: Are current outcome measures suitable?
Samuel D. J. Spears;
Yusuf F. Abdulle;
Dionisios Korovilas;
Ryo Torii;
Deepak M. Kalaskar;
Nikhil Sharma
ABSTRACT
A majority of people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) experience weakness of the neck and as a result, suffer from head drop. This exacerbates problems with everyday activities (eating, talking, breathing etc.). Cervical collars are often used to support head drop, however these are typically designed for pre-hospitalisation settings to manage and brace the cervical region of the spine. As a result, it has been recorded that people living with MND (plwMND) often reject these collars for a variety of reasons but most notably because they are too restricting. In this review, the current standardised outcome measures used for cervical collars are summarised and whether they are suitable for a bespoke cervical collar specifically designed for plwMND is discussed.