RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING CHRONIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION AND CHRONIC NECK PAIN
Men and women equally experienced a similar degree of chronic pain. Analysis of the results show that there is no significant difference in the level of chronic neck pain due to the age of the respondents. Regarding the impact of body mass index on the degree of chronic pain, the resulting analysis showed that the differences between patients with normal and excessive degree index in chronic pain are not statistically significant. Expression of chronic neck pain were equally represented among smokers and non-smokers. None of respondents practiced exercise activities including weightlifting. There was not large enough number of respondents to statisstically compare differences among groups in domain of education level. Anyway, researches should be continued.