ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2016
Pain in the Elderly.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a Machine-Based Pilates Program on Quality of Life and Low Back Pain in Aged Adults: A Mixed-Methods Approach.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Acute pain management in older adults presenting to the emergency department: a clinical review.Singapore medical journal · 2026Review
- Do Physical Activities Prevent the Occurrence of Bothersome Pain?Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Cultural adaptation of the polish version of the brief pain inventory short form among the elderly.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Depressive and Insomnia Symptoms Among Older Adults With Different Chronic Pain Trajectories: A Network Analysis Based on Observation Over an Eight-Year Period.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- Relationship between Pain and Dementia: The Mediating Effect of Depression among Chinese Elderly.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2024Article
- Gender differences in the quantitative and qualitative assessment of chronic pain among older people.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association between pain and cognitive and daily functional impairment in older institutional residents: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Pain and Its Management in Patients Referred to a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Factors Correlating with Functional Capacity in Older People with Chronic Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Age-Related Changes in Neurons and Satellite Glial Cells in Mouse Dorsal Root Ganglia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- A cross-sectional study of factors associated with nurses' postoperative pain management practices for older patients.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Middle cingulate cortex function contributes to response to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug in cervical spondylosis patients: a preliminary resting-state fMRI study.Neuroradiology · 2022Article
- Physiological changes from ageing regarding pain perception and its impact on pain management for older adults.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2022Review
- Changes in T2 Relaxation Time Mapping of Intervertebral Discs Adjacent to Vertebrae after Kyphoplasty Correlate with the Physical Clinical Outcome of Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Long-Term Medicare Costs Associated With Opioid Analgesic Therapy vs Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain in a Cohort of Older Adults.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics · 2021Observational
- PGE2/EP4 skeleton interoception activity reduces vertebral endplate porosity and spinal pain with low-dose celecoxib.Bone research · 2021Article
- Implementation of the Multidisciplinary Guideline on Chronic Pain in Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents to Improve Recognition and Treatment: A Qualitative Process Evaluation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sociodemographic predictors of pain in old people : Serbian population-based study.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of Research Articles on Pain in the Elderly Published from 2000 to 2019.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pain management in the elderly has increasingly become problematic in the USA as the aged population grows. The proportion of the population over 65 continues to climb and may eclipse 20 % in the next decade. In order to effectively diagnosis and treat these patients, a proper history and physical exam remain essential; pain assessment scales such as the Verbal Descriptor Scales (VDS), the Numerical Rating Scales (NRS), and the Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) often but not always prove beneficial. The conditions most frequently afflicting this population include osteoarthritis, diabetic neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia, and lower back pain which include spondylosis and radiculopathies. While the normal aging process does not necessarily guarantee symptoms of chronic pain, elderly individuals are far more likely to develop these painful conditions than their younger counterparts. There are many effective treatment modalities available as potential therapeutic interventions for elderly patients, including but not limited to analgesics such as NSAIDs and opioids, as well as multiple interventional pain techniques. This review will discuss chronic pain in the elderly population, including epidemiology, diagnostic tools, the multitude of co-morbidities, and common treatment modalities currently available to physicians.
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