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Background People who have survived COVID-19 may develop chronic pain. Aims To investigate the difference in pain level, anxiety, functional status, and quality of life in COVID-19 survivors with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) in the trapezius muscle compared with MPS patients without COVID-19. Design Cross-sectional observational study. Settings Physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinics of a single tertiary-care hospital. Participants/Subjects Eighty patients (40 patients with MPS and 40 patients with MPS + COVID) who were diagnosed with chronic MPS in the trapezius muscle were evaluated. Methods Pain level of the patients was evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS), the functional status with the Neck Pain and Disability scale, the psychosocial effects of the pain with the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the quality of life with the Nottingham Health Profile tests, and the two groups (MPS and MPS + COVID) were compared. Results A significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of pain, anxiety, and disability (p < .001). MPS + COVID group showed significantly greater pain intensity on VAS and higher mean total scores on Nottingham Health Profile,

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Author

Tugce Pasin; Bilinc Dogruoz Karatekin; Ozge Pasin

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)