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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Oct;89(10):1933–1940. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.03.018

Table 2.

Pain Locations, Average Pain Intensity, and Approximate Average Age at Which Pain Began for All Subjects Reporting Pain (n=57)

Pain Location n % Average Pain Intensity ± SD Approximate Average Age Pain Began ± SD (y)
Head 8 14 5.33±2.24 42.82±16.14
Neck 35 61 4.57±2.36 46.59±19.90
Shoulder 44 77 4.77±2.36 49.78±18.64
Upper back 24 42 5.25±2.19 45.18±18.89
Lower back 43 75 5.33±2.18 46.60±20.44
Arms 27 47 4.33±2.35 43.44±19.38
Elbows 16 28 5.19±2.32 43.61±21.20
Wrists 21 37 5.35±2.50 49.16±19.64
Hands 29 51 4.72±2.28 49.00±20.01
Buttocks 13 23 4.23±2.20 41.56±17.06
Hips 38 67 4.95±2.31 46.02±18.77
Chest 9 16 3.56±2.65 39.18±15.33
Abdomen/pelvis 15 26 4.53±2.62 43.09±18.90
Legs 43 75 5.47±2.37 38.77±19.60
Knees 30 53 5.93±2.56 43.08±24.13
Ankles 24 42 5.17±2.58 44.07±21.88
Feet 27 47 4.59±2.87 46.44±20.45

NOTE. The n value for average age is lower because not all participants could recall date when pain began.