Fig. 1.

a Pearson correlation representing the association between advancing age and severity of neck pain. Severity of neck pain was positively correlated with advancing age, although the association was found to be outside the range of statistical significance (r = 0.19, 95% CI −0.05 to 0.42, P = 0.1219). b Comparative analysis of neck pain with box plots representing patients aged <65 and ≥65 years. Patients >65 years displayed a greater mean score (33.88 ± 27.08) and poorer outcome than those <65 years (22.20 ± 15.99)