Associations of Pain Characteristics With Physical Capacity Trajectories Among Older Adults in the United States
Overall, we found bothersome pain and other pain characteristics were significantly associated with poor and worsening trajectories of physical capacity in older adults. This suggests pain is an important prognostic factor for targeting population-level interventions addressing physical capacity.
Authors
- Kushang V. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-2876)
- Zachary A. Marcum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-2304)
- Bobby L. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3290-0663)
- Elizabeth A. Phelan
- Sean D. Rundell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-5999)
- Natasha Parman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0386-0992)
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Child & Family Service (US)
- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (JP)
- Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Journal of Pain
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000001303
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00