TY - JOUR ID - 3939 TI - A Survey of Severity and Distribution of Musculoskeletal Pain in Multiple Sclerosis Patients; a Cross-Sectional Study JO - The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery JA - ABJS LA - en SN - 2345-4644 AU - ShayestehAzar, Masoud AU - Kariminasab, Mohammad Hossein AU - Sajjadi Saravi, Majid AU - Abedini, Mahmoud AU - Fazli, Mehran AU - Hashemi, Seyyed Abbas AU - Abdizadeh, Pedram AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. AD - Department of Neurology, Bu Ali Teaching Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran AD - General Practitioner in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Esfarayen, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran AD - Faculty of medicine, Student research committee, Mazandaran University of medical sciences, Sari, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 114 EP - 118 KW - Multiple Sclerosis KW - musculoskeletal pain KW - Pain measurement DO - 10.22038/abjs.2015.3939 N2 -   Background: Pain, a common phenomenon in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, is associated with many symptoms and problems.  To investigation severity and distribution of musculoskeletal pain in MS patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 115 members of the Mazandaran MS Association with confirmed MS were randomly selected to participate in the study. The patients were asked to fill out Numerical Rating Score and Nodric questionnaires, respectively. The data was analyzed by SPSS ver. 16 software. Results: The mean age of the participants was 30.43±5.86 years and 88 cases (76.5%) were female. The mean disease duration was 26.34±24.32 months and 87.8% of the cases were experiencing pain at the time of study. The mean pain severity was 3.75±2.25 and worst pain experienced was 5.73±2.12. The most common pain sites were: the knees (55.7%), wrist (43.5%), and neck (41.7%). Women experience higher prevalence of shoulder, upper back, and ankle pain (P UR - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_3939.html L1 - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_3939_67a8348bb456f5f766d1a444ea6022cd.pdf ER -