Association of musculoskeletal pain in other body parts with new-onset shoulder pain: a longitudinal study among survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Shoulder pain is a common health problem coexisting with other musculoskeletal pain. However, the effects of pre-existing musculoskeletal pain on the development of shoulder pain are not clear. The present study aimed to elucidate the association between coexisting musculoskeletal pain at other body sites and new-onset shoulder pain among survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE).

Design

This is a longitudinal study.

Setting

The study was conducted at the severely damaged coastal areas in Ishinomaki and Sendai cities.

Participants

The survivors who did not have shoulder pain at 3 years after the GEJE were followed up 1 year later (n=2131).

Interventions

Musculoskeletal pain (low back, hand and/or foot, knee, shoulder and neck pain) wa

SUBMITTER: Hagiwara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887348 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature