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. 2021 Jul 19;7:61. doi: 10.1038/s41394-021-00415-4

Table 2.

Pain and pain-related psychosocial factors.

 Presence of shoulder pain

(nonzero rating, n = 35)

15/35; 42.9% 43%a
 Bilateral shoulder pain (n = 15) 8/15; 53.3%
Musculoskeletal Pain Score (MPS)
Mean (SD)

Median

(Interquartile range)

Comparison

Mean (SD)

 MPS_shoulder

(n = 15; score = 0–30)

9.0 (6.4) 6.0 (4–18)

11.2 (0.9)b

8.5 (8.8)c

 MPS_seriousness (score 0–5)

n: left = 10/15; right 13/15

Left = 1.7 (1.3)

Right = 2.1 (1.2)

2 (0–3)

2 (1–4)

2.7 (1.1)b

2.7 (1.4)b

 MPS frequency (score 0–3)

n: left = 10/15; right 13/15

Left = 1.5 (1.4)

Right = 2.0 (1.1)

1 (0–3)

2 (1–3)

2.6 (0.7)b

2.6 (0.7)b

Chronic Pain Coping Inventrory-42 (n = 35, score 0–7)
 Passive strategies 5.0 (1.3) 5.4 (4.6–6.0) 2.6 (1.9)d
 Proactive strategies 4.5 (1.3) 4.7 (3.3–5.5) 3.7 (1.9)d
 Self-coping strategies 5.7 (1.6) 6.4 (4.8–7.0) 2.5 (2.0)d
Psychosocial Outcome Measures (n = 35)
Mean (SD)

Comparison

Mean (SD)

 TSK (score = 11–44) 25.5 (6.8) 20.5 (5.3)c
 FPQ-9 (score = 9–45) 23.4 (8.5) 17.4 (6.3)c
 PCS_total (score 0–52) 17.7(11.2) 9.6 (9.9)c

 PCS_rumination subscale

(score = 0–16)

8.0 (4.8)

 PCS_magnification subscale

(score = 0–12)

3.1 (3.1)

 PCS_helplessness subscale

(score = 0–24)

6.8 (5.1)
 SQoL (score = 1–7) 4.4 (1.6)

5.7 (0.9)c

5.2 (1.1)e

TSK Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale, FPQ-9 Fear of Pain Questionnaire, PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, SQoL Subjective Quality of Life.

aIndividuals (n = 225) with newly acquired SCI [24].

bIndividuals (n = 116) with newly acquired SCI [21].

cIndividuals (n = 26) with chronic SCI [15].

dIndividuals (n = 127) with chronic SCI [44].

eIndividuals (n = 134) with chronic SCI [45].