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When Should You Worry About Neck and Shoulder Pain in Adolescents

Updated: Jun 20

When Should You Worry About Neck and Shoulder Pain in Adolescents



Neck and shoulder pain in adolescents seldom occur alone
Neck and shoulder pain in adolescents seldom occur alone


In total, 253,968 adolescents (50% girls) participated in the study, of which 56.5% were from lower secondary schools.


The total prevalence of neck/shoulder pain was 24%, but only 5% reported isolated neck/shoulder pain.


Among students reporting neck/shoulder pain - half of them also reported other musculoskeletal pain, and 50% of the boys and 70% of the girls reported co-occurring headaches.

Depressive symptoms were reported in 28% of the boys and 45% of the girls with neck/shoulder pain.


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