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Table 2 Symptomatic joint and diagnosis

From: The clinical characteristics of older people with chronic multiple-site joint pains and their utilisation of therapeutic interventions: data from a prospective cohort study

 

N (%) by region

(%) of total number of joints

Upper limb

 Osteoarthritis

277/520 (53)

20

 Soft tissue pathology

242/520 (47)

18

Lower limb

 Osteoarthritis

411/588 (70)

31

 Soft tissue pathology

166/588 (28)

12

 Other (including referred pain)

11/588 (2)

1

Axial

 Mechanical

219/235 (93)

16

 Mechanical with radiculopathy

16/235 (7)

2