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

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13018-023-03508-y

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Ageing; Elderly; Epidemiology; Men; Motoric symptoms; Musculoskeletal pain; Neck pain; Population-based; Rhizopathy; Thoracolumbar

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The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and morbidity of neck pain, cervical rhizopathy, upper extremity motor deficit, and/or thoracolumbar pain in elderly men. A cross-sectional questionnaire study of 3,000 community-dwelling older men was conducted, and the results showed that 29% of the participants reported experiencing neck pain and 54% reported thoracolumbar pain. Among those with neck pain, 13% had severe morbidity for those with only neck pain, while 46% had severe morbidity for those with neck pain, rhizopathy, and motor deficit.
BackgroundThe 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.MethodsWe 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).ResultsAmong 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).ConclusionNeck 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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