What Does ‘Recovery’ Mean to People with Neck Pain? Results of a Descriptive Thematic Analysis

OBJECTIVES: To describe the meaning of being recovered as perceived by people with chronic mechanical neck pain. METHODS: To determine the way people with neck pain would describe a recovered state a descriptive thematic approach was used. A nominal focus group technique, written reflections, and one-on-one semi-structured interviews were used to collect sufficient data. Data from the focus groups were analyzed both through vote tallying and …