Cases n (%)

Controls n (%)

Knee pathology

Knee osteoarthritis

119 (30.6)

126 (32.8)

Cervical pathology

Common neck pain

7 (1.8)

8 (2.1)

Cervicarthrosis

10 (2.5)

10 (2.6)

Cervicobrachial neuralgia

06 (1.5)

07 (1.8)

Shoulder pathology

Rotator cuff tendinopathy

24 (6.2)

16 (4.2)

Osteoarthritis

4 (1)

3 (0.8)

Lumbar pathology

Lumbar disc herniation

19 (4.9)

13 (3.4)

Narrow lumbar canal

11 (2.8)

08 (2.1)

Low back arthrosis

162 (41.7)

157 (40.9)

Osteoporosis

21 (5.4)

23 (6)

Ankylosing spondylitis

2 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

Tuberculous spondylodiscitis

5 (1.3)

2 (0.5)

Total

389 (100)

384 (100)