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Psychosocial, mechanical, and metabolic factors in adolescents musculoskeletal pain in multiple locations: A cross-sectional study
European Journal of Pain, 07/30/09

Paananen MV et al. – Multiple musculoskeletal pains were strongly associated with psychosocial complaints, but also with mechanical and metabolic factors. Reported musculoskeletal pains in multiple locations in adolescence may have both peripheral (trauma, decreased regenerative ability) and central (sensitivity) causes.

Methods

The study population consisted of the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort; 15– to 16–year–old adolescents (n=6986), who responded to a mailed questionnaire in 2001.

Results

23% of boys and 40% of girls reported feeling pain in at least three locations over the past 6 months.
Pains were associated with anxious/depressed symptoms, withdrawn/depressed symptoms, somatic complaints, rule–breaking and aggressive behavior, social problems, thought and attention problems, among both boys and girls.
Pains were also associated with high physical activity level, long sitting time, short sleeping time and smoking, among both boys and girls.
Pain in three to four locations associated with overweight in girls.

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