Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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• Patients affected with chronic (> 12 weeks) neck and shoulder region pain attending the four clinics managed by the same physician and physiotherapist. | Patients affected with infections, inflammatory arthropathies, malignancies, Alzheimer’s disease, psychiatric conditions, severe depression and anxiety will be excluded. |
• Patients affected with mechanical causes such as degenerative changes of the spine, muscle strain, ligament sprain. | Patients who take part in yoga and other meditation programmes. |
• Patients who can understand and communicate in Sinhala. | Patients who are below the age of 18 years and above the age of 65 years. |