this epidemiological questionnaire -- study about 362 patients suffering from chronic pain related to muscle skeletal disorders shows the following results : most muscle skeletal pain syndromes are located in the area of the head and back ( 57.5 % ) , patients who want to be treated in an orthopedic pain ambulance , suffer from at least `` '' moderate '' '' pain according to the verbal rating scale and at least from pain equal or more than 50 according to the numeric rating scale , for most patients ( 51.9 % ) the duration of the pain has been between 1 and 10 years , about twice as many women ( 60.5 % ) than men ( 39.5 % ) suffer from chronic muscle skeletal pain , pain syndromes seem to be of more chronic duration in women than in men , and women tend to take pain killers more frequently than men , most patients with chronic pain consult 2 to 6 doctors , for typical orthopedic pain syndromes most patients consult an orthopedic doctor , patients suffering from chronic headache consult an orthopedic specialist about as frequently as an neurologist or internal specialist .
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e pa
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chronic pa