Chronic Pain Characteristics and Gait in Older Adults: The MOBILIZE Boston Study II.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate a proposed cognitively-mediated pathway whereby pain contributes to gait impairments by acting as a distractor in community-living older adults.

Design

A cross-sectional study of a population-based cohort of older adults.

Setting

Urban and suburban communities in a large metropolitan area.

Participants

Community-living participants (N=302) 70 years and older recruited from a previous population-based cohort.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Gait parameters including gait speed, stride length, double support and swing characteristics, and variability were assessed under single- and dual-task conditions involving cognitive challenges (eg, counting backward). A joint pain questionnaire assessed pain distrib

SUBMITTER: Ogawa EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050337 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature