Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Foot Reaction Time in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: This cross-sectional study examines the association between chronic musculoskeletal pain and foot reaction time (RT) among older community-living adults. Participants were 307 adults aged 71 years and older in the MOBILIZE Boston Study II. Pain severity, interference, and location were measured by the Brief Pain Inventory and a joint pain questionnaire. With participants seated, simple foot reaction time was measured as self-selected foot response time to an intermittent light, and choice foot reaction time was measured as response time to the light on the corresponding side of the sensored gait mat. We performed multivariable linear regression to determine associations of pain and foot RT, adjusted for sociodemographic and health characteristics, and serially adjusted for cognitive functi

SUBMITTER: Cai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7762729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature