Sebastián Eustaquio Martín Pérez*, Miguel Gopar Alcántara, Iván Alfonso Martín, Isidro Miguel Martín Pérez

Sebastián Eustaquio Martín Pérez*

Departamento de Farmacología y Medicina Física, Área de Radiología y Medicina Física, Sección de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Posgrado, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, 38203 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Musculoskeletal Pain and Motor Control Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Canarias, 38300 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Musculoskeletal Pain and Motor Control Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain.

Miguel Gopar Alcántara

Musculoskeletal Pain and Motor Control Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Canarias, 38300 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Iván Alfonso Martín

Musculoskeletal Pain and Motor Control Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Canarias, 38300 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Isidro Miguel Martín Pérez

Departamento de Farmacología y Medicina Física, Área de Radiología y Medicina Física, Sección de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Posgrado, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, 38203 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Corresponding Author: Sebastián Eustaquio Martín Pérez, Departamento de Farmacología y Medicina Física, Área de Radiología y Medicina Física, Sección de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Citation: Sebastián Eustaquio Martín Pérez*, Miguel Gopar Alcántara, Iván Alfonso Martín, Isidro Miguel Martín Pérez (2023). Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Musculoskeletal Pain in Young Adults with COVID-19: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study from Lanzarote (Canary Island, Spain). World J Case Rep Clin Imag. 2023 November-December; 2(2)1-9.

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain during active Covid-19 infection is a very common symptom in this patient group. Given the lack of studies characterizing pain in young adults with this disease, we set out to identify and characterize musculoskeletal pain in subadults with COVID-19 disease in Lanzarote. Objective: Determine the prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal pain in young individuals affected by COVID-19 in Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain). Materials and methods: A cross-sectional prevalence observational study was carried out in the Covid-19 Monitoring Unit in Lanzarote between February 2022 and March 2022 which were a) males and females, b) aged 18 to 22 years old, c) with confirmed Covid-19 tests and d) no gender restrictions. Results: A total of 150 patients were recruited and an ad hoc telephone questionnaire based on the Spanish version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire was administered. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was 58% (n=87; men 41 (48.2%); women 46 (51.8%) and its intensity was 4.63 (1.23) Regarding the location of perceived pain, the common anatomical sites of symptoms presentation were right shoulder (n=14, 21.5%), right knee (n=13, 20%) and right leg (n=12, 18.5%). Participants also reported heaviness (23.0%, n=20), numbness (20.7%, n=18) and/or stiffness (17.2%, n=15) followed by thermal changes such as cold (21.2%, n=18), highlighting the presence of stiffness in 43.4% (n=36). On the other hand, 17.2% (n=15) of the respondents reported pain described as fixed, internal, deep compared to 14.9% (n=13) who perceived it as diffuse, fixed, internal and profound. Conclusions: The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was 58.0% in a sample of young people exposed to COVID-19 in Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain). Furthermore, respondents generally defined it as an acute attack of low to moderate intensity in various parts of the upper and lower extremities, often accompanied by feelings of tiredness or muscle fatigue.