Conclusions : Neck pain was not significantly associated with high job dem and s , low skill discretion , low decision authority , or low peer support .
However , when these variables were combined with increased duration of computing tasks , or ergonomic dem and s , they reached significance .
Supervisor support was found to be the only significant buffer capable of preventing these variables reaching significance in female office workers
Introduction : The purpose of this systematic review was to examine literature on workplace factors associated with  neck pain or symptoms in computer users performing clerical functions .
Individual, physical and psychological risk factors for neck pain in Australian office workers: a 1-year longitudinal study
Neck pain is more prevalent in office workers than in the general community . To date , findings from prospect i ve studies that investigated causal relationships between putative risk factors and the onset of neck pain in this population have been limited by high loss to follow-up . The aim of this research was to prospect ively evaluate a range of risk factors for neck pain in office workers , using vali date d and reliable objective measures as well as attain an estimate of 1-year incidence . We assembled a cohort of 53 office workers without neck pain and  measured individual , physical , workplace and psychological factors at  baseline . We followed participants for 1 year to measure the incidence of neck pain . We achieved 100 % participant follow-up . Cox regression analysis was applied to examine the relationship between the putative risk factors and the cumulative incidence of neck pain . The 1-year incidence proportion of  neck pain in Australian office workers was estimated in this study to be 0.49 ( 95 % CI 0.36–0.62 ) . Predictors of neck pain with moderate to large effect sizes were female gender ( HR : 3.07 ; 95 % CI : 1.18–7.99 ) and high psychological stress ( HR : 1.64 ; 95 % CI : 0.66–4.07 ) . Protective factors included increased mobility of the cervical spine ( HR : 0.44 ; 95 % CI : 0.19–1.05 ) and frequent exercise ( HR : 0.64 ; 95 % CI : 0.27–1.51 ) . These results reveal that neck pain is common in Australian office workers and that there are risk factors that are potentially modifiable
Conclusions : Neck pain was not significantly associated with high job dem and s , low skill discretion , low decision authority , or low peer support .
However , when these variables were combined with increased duration of computing tasks , or ergonomic dem and s , they reached significance .
Supervisor support was found to be the only significant buffer capable of preventing these variables reaching significance in female office workers
Introduction : The purpose of this systematic review was to examine literature on workplace factors associated with  neck pain or symptoms in computer users performing clerical functions .