ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2014
Effects of obesity on function and quality of life in chronic pain conditions.
Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- "It Is a Vicious Circle": Experiences of People Living With Obesity and Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES).Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Obesity and pain: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Pooled it
- QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME IS IMPROVED AFTER WHOLE BODY VIBRATION EXERCISES.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2017Trial
- Walking away from back pain: one step at a time - a community-based randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Validity of energy expenditure from combined accelerometry and heart rate during load carriage in adults with overweight to mild obesity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- The Role of Nutrition in Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring the role of diet quality and adiposity in the pain experience: a mediation analysis.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Global Trends in Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Data From 1990 to 2021.Arthritis care & research · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and Pain Catastrophizing in Psoriatic Arthritis.Rheumatology and therapy · 2025Article
- Association Between Educational Attainment and Chronic Pain: A Mediation Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- High Body Mass Index Disrupts the Homeostatic Effects of Pain Inhibitory Control in the Symptomatology of Patients With Fibromyalgia.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Comparison of Metabolic Syndrome, Autoimmune and Viral Distinctive Inflammatory Related Conditions as Affected by Body Mass Index.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Probiotic and high-fat diet: effects on pain assessment, body composition, and cytokines in male and female adolescent and adult rats.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Obesity as a Peripheral Disruptor of Brain Inhibitory Mechanisms in Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Measuring Quality of Life: Incorporating Objectively Measurable Parameters within the Cross-Sectional Bern Cohort Study 2014 (BeCS-14).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Observational
- The experiences of people living with obesity and chronic pain: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Quantitative analysis of the caloric restriction versus isocaloric diets models based on macronutrients composition: impacts on body weight regulation, anthropometric, and bioimpedance parameters in women with obesity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Weight-cycling over 6 years is associated with pain, physical function and depression in the Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Localized Pain and Fatigue During Recovery From Submaximal Resistance Exercise in People With Fibromyalgia.Physical therapy · 2023Observational
- Chronic pain and its correlates among long-term breast cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
Many people throughout the world have both chronic pain and obesity. Overweight and obese people are more prone to a proinflammatory state manifesting as metabolic syndrome but also to a higher prevalence of chronic pain comorbidities. Obesity and a high body mass index (BMI) are associated with impaired functional capacity and reduced quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic pain conditions. Systemic inflammation is not only involved in metabolic syndrome but it also initiates and perpetuates chronic pain. Changes in lifestyle, behavior, physical activity, and diet have demonstrated benefits in functional capacity and QoL; therefore, patient assessment should tackle high BMI and metabolic syndrome as part of the treatment of chronic pain. A healthier lifestyle would lead to a lower inflammatory state and consequently to an improvement in function and QoL in overweight or obese patients who have chronic pain conditions.
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