Association between Chronic Pain and Physical Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Yuki Nakai; Hyuma Makizako; Ryoji Kiyama; Kazutoshi Tomioka; Yoshiaki Taniguchi; Takuro Kubozono; Toshihiro Takenaka; Mitsuru Ohishi

doi:10.3390/ijerph17010175

Association between Chronic Pain and Physical Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Dec 25;17(1):175. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010175.

Authors

Yuki Nakai^{1

2}, Hyuma Makizako¹, Ryoji Kiyama¹, Kazutoshi Tomioka², Yoshiaki Taniguchi², Takuro Kubozono³, Toshihiro Takenaka⁴, Mitsuru Ohishi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
² Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0075, Japan.
⁴ Tarumizu Municipal Medical Center, Tarumizu Chuo Hospital, Kagoshima 891-2124, Japan.

Abstract

Seven participants had a diagnosis of dementia; the number of excluded participants differed based on different exclusion processes, and there was missing data of one participant with a dementia diagnosis [...].

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Pain*
Dementia*
Frail Elderly
Frailty*
Humans
Independent Living