Prevalence of Self-Reported Neck-Shoulder-Arm Pain and Concurrent Low Back Pain or Psychological Distress
SpinePublished 28 July 2009
Ola Leijon, Jens Wahlström, Marie Mulder
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Although the prevalence of neck-shoulder-arm pain and concurrent symptoms decreased in 2006 compared to 2002, it is still too early to conclude that the authors have reached and passed the peak of the “epidemic” of neck, shoulder, and arm pain.
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Although the prevalence of neck-shoulder-arm pain and concurrent symptoms decreased in 2006 compared to 2002, it is still too early to conclude that we have reached and passed the peak of the "epidemic" of neck-shoulder-arm pain.
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