Incidence of neck pain among Finnish office workers in 1998–99 (cohort of the healthy subjects in 1998, n=180)
| Radiating neck pain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 8 days (healthy) | 8 days or more (cases) | Total | ||||
| Local neck pain | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Less than 8 days (healthy) | 118 | 66 | 26 | 14 | 144 | 80 |
| 8 days or more (cases) | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 20 |
| Total | 142 | 79 | 38 | 21 | 180 | 100 |