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Neck pain is a common complaint in the U.S. It is estimated that 30%-50% of adults will experience neck pain in a given year. Neck and back pain together account for about 65% of cases of disability, although neck pain less frequently leads to disability claims. Interestingly, neck pain has the highest frequency in those working in hospitals and offices, while those working in industrial/service and forestry sectors have the lowest frequency of neck pain. Women tend to have higher rates of trauma-related neck pain and demonstrate greater spinal motions. This may be related to men having anatomically wider and longer disk facet depth than women. Between 1993 and 1995 cervical spine conditions consumed 696,000 bed days during 161,000 hospitalizations with an average of 4.3 days per stay. Abo…