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- Title
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and the Occurrence of Falls in an Older Population.
- Authors
Leveille, Suzanne G.; Jones, Richard N.; Kiely, Dan K.; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Shmerling, Robert H.; Guralnik, Jack M.; Kiel, Douglas P.; Lipsitz, Lewis A.; Bean, Jonathan F.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which investigated the association between chronic musculosleketal pain and an increased occurrence of falls in a cohort of community-living older adults in Boston, Massachusetts. The study involved participants in the Maintenance of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, and Zest in the Elderly (MOBILIZE) Boston Study. Falls were recorded by participants on monthly calendar postcards mailed to the study center. The researchers found that there was an association between chronic pain and greater risk of falls in older adults.
- Subjects
BOSTON (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS; CHRONIC pain; PAIN in old age; MUSCULOSKELETAL system injuries; RISK factors of accidental falls in old age; OLDER people's injuries; INDEPENDENT living
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009, Vol 302, Issue 20, p2214
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.1738