02/03/2026
Nearly Half of Adults Have Musculoskeletal Pain.
Using data from the CONSTANCES study involving 193,436 adults aged 18 to 69 years, researchers report that at a given time point, 46.2% of participants experienced musculoskeletal pain in at least one body site—most commonly the low back, shoulder, neck, or knee.
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