Abstract
Musculoskeletal pain affects practically every adult at one point in his or her life. Fortunately, not everyone is plagued with recurrent or chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes; however, chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders are not uncommon. Various studies reveal that the prevalence of certain musculoskeletal pain disorders is fairly low (i.e., 2 % or less for rheumatoid arthritis), while other conditions, such as low back pain, are quite common. For instance, low back pain affects 30–40 % of adults in the general population at any given time. In between these two extremes, neck pain and shoulder pain have a prevalence of 15–20 %, and knee pain, temporomandibular-associated pain, and chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain have prevalence rates of 10–15 %. Based on these statistics, it is not surprising that a majority of patients seen in the chronic pain clinic setting will suffer from a chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal pain complaint (Cimmino, Ferrone, & Cutolo, 2011; Combie, Croft, Linton, LeResche, & Von Korff, 1999).
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