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Twenty-seven individuals with CNNP and 25 asymptomatic controls completed five tasks: repetitive reaching (RRT), sustained overhead work (OW), waist-to-overhead lift (OL), fingertip dexterity (FD), and hand\u2013forearm dexterity (HFD). sEMG recorded upper (UT), middle (MT), and lower trapezius (LT), and SCM activity. Functional capacity was assessed using selected WorkWell Systems Functional Capacity Evaluation (WWS-FCE) tasks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      CNNP individuals showed greater UT activation across all tasks (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01, d\u2009=\u20090.78\u20131.67) and significant MT differences in most conditions (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01, d\u2009=\u20090.84\u20131.44). LT showed smaller but significant differences (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05, d\u2009=\u20090.47\u20130.84). SCM activity increased during OL (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01, d\u2009=\u20090.73\u20131.08) and in one RRT subtask (p\u2009=\u20090.011, d\u2009=\u20090.73). CNNP performed worse than controls in RRT (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, d\u2009=\u2009\u20131.32 to \u22121.61), OW (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, d\u2009=\u2009\u20132.17), OL (p\u2009=\u20090.006\u2013&lt;0.001, d\u2009=\u2009\u20130.80 to \u22121.26), and HFD (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, d\u2009=\u2009\u20131.06 to \u22121.36), with no significant FD differences (p\u2009&gt;\u20090.05).\n                      <jats:bold>Significant Group \u00d7 Task interactions were observed for UT, MT, and SCM (p<\/jats:bold>\n                      \u2009\n                      <jats:bold>&lt;<\/jats:bold>\n                      \u2009\n                      <jats:bold>0.05).<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Muscle activation profiles in chronic non-specific neck pain change with tasks, highlighting the importance of evaluating functional activities beyond static-posture assessments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10538127261424303","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,25]],"date-time":"2026-02-25T16:36:31Z","timestamp":1772037391000},"page":"1417-1427","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Task-dependent muscle activation during functional upper-Limb tasks in adults with and without chronic non-specific neck pain: A cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-3656-4131","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gizem","family":"Soylu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3908-223X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00d6zlem","family":"\u00dclger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000003298"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/16501977-1120"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-016-4467-7"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/s24175689"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2019.08.089"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.PHM.0000052700.48757.CF"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.math.2006.11.002"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","first-page":"277","article-title":"Assessment of stresses in the cervical spine caused by posture and position of the head","volume":"25","author":"Hansraj KK","year":"2014","unstructured":"Hansraj KK. 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