Background: Chronic neck pain is a common issue in adults, being the fourth leading cause of disability. Work-related prolonged neck pain has been demonstrated to elicit avoidance and escape responses leading to weakness, impairment, and dysfunction.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the association of chronic neck pain with hand grip strength and function among tailors.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, a non-probability sampling technique was used to collect the data from 200 tailors in Lahore. The study duration was 4 months after the approval of the synopsis.  A neck disability index questionnaire was used for data collection, and a hand-held dynamometer and Sollerman hand function test were used to measure hand grip strength and functions, respectively. Pain intensity was measured through NPRS. SPSS was used to analyze the data.

Results: The results show that out of 200 participants, 105(52.5%) males and 95(47.5%) females were in this study. There were 117(58.5%) and 68(34%) participants who had hand grip strength between 1-20 and 21-40 respectively. The NDI frequency showed that 75(37.5%), 67(33.5%), 28(14%), and 28(14%) participants had mild, moderate, severe, and complete disability respectively. Sollerman's test for the dominant hand function showed that 37(18.5%) and 163(81.5%) participants had a hand function between 1-40 and 41-80 scores respectively. The p-value=0.169 showed that there was no association between NDI and Dynamometer and p-value=0.000 showed that there was a strong association between NDI and the function of the dominant hand of the tailors.

Conclusions: This study concluded that there was no association between NDI and Dynamometer (hand grip strength) in the tailors who participated in this study. However, there was a strong association between NDI and the functions of the dominant hand of the tailors.

Keywords: Chronic neck pain, Dynamometer, NDI, Sollerman's test