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Review recent literature evaluating sex differences between males and females across four major chronic musculoskeletal disorders.

March 3, 2023International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

A Brief Overview: Sex Differences in Prevalent Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions

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Review recent literature evaluating sex differences between males and females across four major chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
Narrative review assessing recent clinical studies on sex disparities in chronic pain.
Focused evaluation of four prevalent conditions: neck pain, low back pain, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Females consistently present with higher prevalence and greater clinical severity across neck pain, low back pain, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
The disparity in musculoskeletal pain burden between sexes increases in magnitude with advancing age.

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Narrative review reveals higher prevalence and severity of musculoskeletal disorders in females, indicating an escalating disparity with advancing age.

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Overstreet et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa4f4cea0c096b41894e48a https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054521

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Narrative review reveals higher prevalence and severity of musculoskeletal disorders in females, indicating an escalating disparity with advancing age.

A Brief Overview: Sex Differences in Prevalent Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions

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