Fatigue Links Sociodemographic Risk to Pain Intensity and Spread in Two Surgical Cohorts
Fatigue is the strongest and most consistent factor linked to how pain intensifies and spreads before surgery.
Authors
- Chelsea Kaplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-655X)
- Chad Brummet
- Michael Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-8383)
- Richard Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7459-1745)
- Kathleen A. Sluka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0207-8728)
- Briha Ansari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-3320)
- Daniel Clauw
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Dartmouth Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.02.26345387
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- NIH Clinical Center
- Common Fund