Prevalence and municipal variation in chronic musculoskeletal pain among independent older people: data from the japan gerontological evaluation study (jages)

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A study in Japan limited to 6,000 residents over 20 years old in a single city found that the prevalence of chronic pain was 61.6% among people aged 60-69, 72.1% for those in their 70 s, 56.4% for those in their 80 s, and 32.5% for those in their 90 s. The criteria used to define chronic widespread pain and chronic multisite pain vary, but the underlying clinical concepts are quite similar. Chronic widespread pain and chronic multisite pain are important concepts in geriatric pain medicine, but there . . .

 



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