Table 1.
Demographics and neck/shoulder pain among all men and women of the study as well as men and women with no, some, and severe tenderness, respectively, in the trapezius muscle. The percentage of men and women with tenderness is provided in parentheses next to the number of participants in each category.
| All | No tenderness | Some tenderness | Severe tenderness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| N = 179 | N = 474 | N = 91 (51%) | N = 88 (18%) | N = 76 (42%) | N = 278 (59%) | N = 12 (7%) | N = 108 (23%) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 43.5 (12.2) | 42.7 (11.8) | 43.9 (12.3) | 44.9 (12.6) | 43.2 (12.7) | 41.7 (11.8) | 41.9 (7.8) | 43.7 (10.9) |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 183 (7.0) | 168 (6.2) | 184 (6.6) | 169 (6.0) | 181 (7.4) | 169 (6.0) | 182 (5.9) | 168 (6.7) |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 82.8 (10.5) | 67.4 (12.1) | 84.4 (9.6) | 66.1 (11.5) | 81.1 (11.1) | 67.3 (12.6) | 81.6 (12.0) | 69.0 (11.0) |
| BMI kg (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 24.8 (2.7) | 23.8 (4.2) | 24.9 (2.6) | 23.3 (3.6) | 24.6 (2.7) | 23.6 (4.4) | 24.8 (4.1) | 24.6 (4.2) |
| Neck/shoulder pain intensity (0–10) | 2.4 (2.1) | 3.8 (2.3) | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.5 (1.6) | 3.1 (2.2) | 3.8 (2.0) | 5.1 (1.7) | 5.7 (1.9) |