<![CDATA[Background : Students are prone for posture and works related to neck pain due to their desk jobs. It leadsto postural abnormality and muscle imbalance. Neck pain leads to alteration in the length of the pectoralisminor muscle length. Checking pectoralis minor muscle length helps in clinical discussion making inpatients with neck pain. Objective: To find out the prevalance of pectoralis minor muscle tightness amongstudents having neck pain. Methodology: A convenient sample of 100 participants were categorizedinto symptomatic and asymptomatic group. Neck pain was assessed by NORTHWICK PARK neck painquestionnaire. Results: Neck pain has positive correlation with pectoralis minor muscle tightness in bothright(r=0.887) and left(r=0.828) side.The pectoralis minor muscle tightness is more in symptomatic groupthan in asymptomatic group (p=0.00). Result& Conclusion: The study confirms that neck pain has influenceon pectoralis minor muscle length]]>
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