Effects of a Mind-Body Program for Chronic Pain in Older versus Younger Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Improving physical function is key to decreasing the burden of chronic pain across the lifespan. Although mind-body interventions show promise in increasing physical function in chronic pain, very little is known about whether older and younger adults derive similar benefit. Indeed, older adults experience higher rates of chronic pain and greater impacts of pain on physical function compared to younger adults. Therefore, additional work is needed to determine the extent of benefit older versus younger adults receive from a mind-body intervention. Here, we examined age differences in the effects of two mind-body and walking programs on pain and multimodal physical function.

Participants and methods

Participants were 82 individuals with heterogenous chronic musculoskel

SUBMITTER: LaRowe LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657545 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature