Prevalence and morbidity of neck pain : a cross-sectional study of 3000 elderly men
(2023) In Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 18(1).- Abstract
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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- Damm, Henrik LU ; Jönsson, Anette LU ; Rosengren, Björn E. LU ; Jehpsson, Lars LU ; Ohlsson, Claes ; Ribom, Eva ; Mellström, Dan and Karlsson, Magnus K. LU
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- 2023-12
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- keywords
- Ageing, Elderly, Epidemiology, Men, Motoric symptoms, Musculoskeletal pain, Neck pain, Population-based, Rhizopathy, Thoracolumbar
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- Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
- volume
- 18
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 36
- publisher
- BioMed Central (BMC)
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- pmid:36639635
- scopus:85146345995
- ISSN
- 1749-799X
- DOI
- 10.1186/s13018-023-03508-y
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 516e08fe-7089-46c0-9705-6a2e2b04fd05
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- 2023-02-14 10:01:18
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