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Prevalence and morbidity of neck pain : a cross-sectional study of 3000 elderly men

Damm, Henrik LU ; Jönsson, Anette LU orcid ; Rosengren, Björn E. LU ; Jehpsson, Lars LU ; Ohlsson, Claes ; Ribom, Eva ; Mellström, Dan and Karlsson, Magnus K. LU (2023) In Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 18(1).
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Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence and morbidity of neck pain with or without cervical rhizopathy, upper extremity motor deficit and/or thoracolumbar pain in elderly men. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study of 3,000 community-dwelling older men with a mean age of 75.4 ± 3.2 years (range 69–81) to determine if they had experienced neck pain with or without cervical rhizopathy/upper extremity motor deficit/thoracolumbar pain (yes/no) during the preceding 12 months, and if so, morbidity with the condition (no/minor/moderate/severe). Results: Among the participants, 865 (29%) reported they had experienced neck and 1,619 (54%) thoracolumbar pain. Among the men with neck pain, 59% had... (More)

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence and morbidity of neck pain with or without cervical rhizopathy, upper extremity motor deficit and/or thoracolumbar pain in elderly men. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study of 3,000 community-dwelling older men with a mean age of 75.4 ± 3.2 years (range 69–81) to determine if they had experienced neck pain with or without cervical rhizopathy/upper extremity motor deficit/thoracolumbar pain (yes/no) during the preceding 12 months, and if so, morbidity with the condition (no/minor/moderate/severe). Results: Among the participants, 865 (29%) reported they had experienced neck and 1,619 (54%) thoracolumbar pain. Among the men with neck pain, 59% had experienced only neck pain, 17% neck pain and cervical rhizopathy and 24% neck pain, rhizopathy and motor deficit. For men with only neck pain, the morbidity was severe in 13%, for men with neck pain and rhizopathy it was 24%, and for men with pain, rhizopathy and motor deficit it was 46% (p < 0.001). Among the men with neck pain, 23% had experienced only neck pain and no thoracolumbar pain; the remaining 77% had both neck and thoracolumbar pain. The morbidity was severe in 10% of the men with neck pain but no thoracolumbar pain and 30% in men with neck and thoracolumbar pain (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Neck pain in elderly men is common but symptoms and morbidity vary. For men who only have neck pain, 1/8 rated their morbidity as severe, while almost half who also had cervical rhizopathy and motor deficit and almost 1/3 of those who also had thoracolumbar pain reported severe morbidity.

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Ageing, Elderly, Epidemiology, Men, Motoric symptoms, Musculoskeletal pain, Neck pain, Population-based, Rhizopathy, Thoracolumbar
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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18
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1
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36
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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  • scopus:85146345995
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1749-799X
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10.1186/s13018-023-03508-y
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English
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  author       = {{Damm, Henrik and Jönsson, Anette and Rosengren, Björn E. and Jehpsson, Lars and Ohlsson, Claes and Ribom, Eva and Mellström, Dan and Karlsson, Magnus K.}},
  issn         = {{1749-799X}},
  keywords     = {{Ageing; Elderly; Epidemiology; Men; Motoric symptoms; Musculoskeletal pain; Neck pain; Population-based; Rhizopathy; Thoracolumbar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research}},
  title        = {{Prevalence and morbidity of neck pain : a cross-sectional study of 3000 elderly men}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-023-03508-y}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/s13018-023-03508-y}},
  volume       = {{18}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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