Table 3 Prevalence of men with only neck pain, neck pain and cervical rhizopathy or neck pain, rhizopathy and motor deficit and prevalence of men with neck pain but no thoracolumbar pain or neck pain and thoracolumbar pain among the 865 men with neck pain during the preceding 12-month period in relation to age
From: Prevalence and morbidity of neck pain: a cross-sectional study of 3000 elderly men
Age 69–72 (242) | Age 73–75 (286) | Age 76–78 (192) | Age 79–81 (145) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neck pain/cervical rhizopathy/motor deficit | |||||
Neck pain with no rhizopathy/motor deficit (507) | 56.6% (137) | 63.3% (181) | 57.8% (111) | 53.8% (78) | 0.13 |
Neck pain with rhizopathy/no motor deficit (148) | 19.4% (47) | 15.4% (44) | 13.0% (25) | 22.1% (32) | |
Neck pain with rhizopathy and motor deficit (210) | 24.0% (58) | 21.3% (61) | 29.2% (56) | 24.1% (35) | |
Neck pain/thoracolumbar pain | |||||
Neck pain but no thoracolumbar pain (199) | 21.1% (51) | 26.9% (77) | 22.9% (44) | 18.6% (27) | 0.21 |
Neck pain and thoracolumbar pain (666) | 78.9% (191) | 73.1% (209) | 77.1% (148) | 81.4% (118) | |