Identification of factors related to pain from musculoskeletal injections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal injections are a common clinical procedure, often intended to reduce joint or muscular pain in patients. Further identification is warranted to identify additional clinical variables that may lead to increased or decreased pain perception with musculoskeletal injections.

Objective

To examine clinical, demographic, and injection-related factors with patient-perceived pain during musculoskeletal injections, which expands upon prior studies.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Retrospective study involving outpatient orthopedic clinics. Consecutive adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) undergoing musculoskeletal injections were reviewed.

Patients

A total of 1371 injections from 935 patients were eligible for the analysis. Exclusion cr

SUBMITTER: Faust CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12828643 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature