International archives of occupational and environmental health
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Int Arch Occup Environ Health · Mar 1999
Characteristics of pain drawings in the neck-shoulder region among the working population.
The aim was to study the characteristics of pain drawings in the neck, shoulders, and upper-back regions among the general working population. ⋯ Pain drawings of neck and shoulder symptoms among the middle-aged general working population most usually focused on the neck-shoulder angles with a symmetrical left-right distribution. The number of separate symptom loci and their total area, left-right distribution, and symmetry were characteristics associated with symptom chronicity and severity or signs of tenderness in the neck-trapezius region.