Investigation of Conservative Treatment Preferences of Patients With Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain

Exclusion Criteria

• •Having undergone a physiotherapy program for low back or neck pain within the last 3 months,
• •Having pain persisting for less than 3 months,
• •Presence of radiculopathy or nerve root compression findings, inflammatory disease, serious metabolic, endocrine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, progressive/non-progressive central or peripheral neurological disease, or a history of malignancy,
• •Pregnant or breastfeeding individuals, and those with serious musculoskeletal disorders other than low back or neck pain,
• •Patients whose self-reported low back or neck pain intensity in the last 3 months was less than 3 out of 10 on the NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale) were excluded from the study.