Chronic widespread pain is associated with worsening frailty in European men
Author(s) -
Katie Fredrika Wade,
David M. Lee,
John McBeth,
Rathi Ravindrarajah,
Evelien Gielen,
Stephen R. Pye,
Dirk Vanderschueren,
Neil Pendleton,
Joseph D. Finn,
György Bártfai,
Felipe F. Casanueva,
Gianni Forti,
Aleksander Giwercman,
Ilpo Huhtaniemi,
Krzysztof Kula,
Margus Punab,
Frederick C. W. Wu,
Terence W O’Neill
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv170
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , chronic pain , logistic regression , body mass index , gerontology , longitudinal study , stressor , alcohol consumption , physical therapy , demography , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , alcohol , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
we hypothesised that chronic widespread pain (CWP), by acting as a potential stressor, may predispose to the development of, or worsening, frailty.
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