Introduction. Cervical spine pain is a common disorder concern even young people including students of physiotherapy. They are exposed on extra overloads during classes and apprenticeships. Aim. Assessment of physical activity among students of Physiotherapy, cervical spine pain characteristic and assessment were used of the degree of disability which was a consequence of cervical spine pain. Material and methods. The study included 116 students of third year of physiotherapy. The following instruments: author’s survey, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Neck Disability Index (NDI). Results. 88 students (76,10%) experienced cervical spine pain. 72,9% (n = 80) respondents used rules of ergonomics of a sitting position, 7,92% (n = 8) did not used them. A moderate level of physical activity was recorded in 49.50% (n = 50) respondents, low and high physical activity was assessed in 20.79% (n = 21) and 16.83% (n = 17) respectively. 51.49% (n = 52) were classified to a mild type of disability resulting from pain in the cervical spine, indicating chronic and recurrent pain (93.18%, n = 82), and 6.82% ( n = 6) students experienced pain only once in their life. Conclusions. Physiotherapy students who had lower levels of disability, more often used the principles of ergonomics and less frequently reported pain in the cervical spine.

Key words: back pain, cervical spine, physical activity, physiotherapists.