ArticleJournal of aging and health2018
Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Living Older Adults.
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- Chronic pain and decline in activities of daily living among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of longitudinal studies.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Incidence, Prevalence, Costs, and Activity and Work Limitations of Amputation, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Back Pain, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A 2019 Update.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- Hip-focused physical therapy versus spine-focused physical therapy for older adults with chronic low back pain at risk for mobility decline (MASH): a multicentre, single-masked, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Rheumatology · 2024Trial
- The association of post-stroke changes in body mass index with activity of daily living and instrumental activity of daily living trajectories: A multi-cohort analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with back pain among education workers in Brazil: a longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review of the Association Between Pain and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Individual Psychological Factors and Cumulative Psychological Distress on Prospective Pain Quality in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- Where Does It Hurt? A 4-S Model of Pain Onset and Recovery Across Body Sites Among Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- The Core of the Issue: Plank Performance and Pain in the Lower Back.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Activities of daily living limitations in relation to the presence of pain in community-dwelling older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Quantitative assessment of lumbar dural mater pulsations using granger causality testing for spinal dynamics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pain Status and Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Adults in China: Evidence From CHARLS 2020.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- Preliminary Characterization of Age and Chronic Low Back Pain Effects on Multimodal Pain Sensitivity: A Comparison Study in Older Adults with and Without Chronic Low Back Pain.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Examining Psychological Factors as Contributors to Pain, Disability, and Physical Function in Geriatric Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Analysis of the Delaware Spine Studies Cohort.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Effects of a Therapeutic Exercise Protocol for Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Back Pain in Primary Health Care: A Single-Group Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Movement-Evoked Pain Versus Widespread Pain: A Longitudinal Comparison in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain From the Delaware Spine Studies.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Persistent Pain Quality as a Novel Approach to Assessing Risk for Disability in Community-Dwelling Elders With Chronic Pain.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019Article
- Persistence of pain quality in community-dwelling older adults with chronic non-cancer pain.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the relationship between back pain severe enough to restrict activity (restricting back pain) and subsequent disability in essential (e) and instrumental (i) activities of daily living (ADL) among community-living older adults.
methodIn this prospective cohort study, we evaluated 754 adults, aged ≥70 years who were initially nondisabled in eADL. Restricting back pain and disability were assessed during monthly interviews for up to 159 months. Associations between restricting back pain and subsequent eADL and iADL disability were evaluated using recurrent events Cox models, adjusted for fixed-in-time and time-varying covariates.
resultsStrong associations were found between restricting back pain and eADL and iADL disability, with hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 3.47 [3.01, 3.90] and 2.33 [2.08, 2.61], respectively. DISCUSSION: Restricting back pain was independently associated with subsequent disability in eADL and iADL. Interventions focused on decreasing restricting back pain in older adults may have the potential to reduce the subsequent burden of disability.
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