SynthesisArthritis research & therapy2019
Multisite pain and self-reported falls in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Disentangling the association between chronic pain and sarcopenia-related traits: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Acute pain impairs locomotor learning and retention in older adults.The journal of pain · 2026Article
- Latent pain class identification, longitudinal transitions, and machine learning prediction of incident low back pain in middle-aged and older Chinese adults.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia as a risk factor for incident pain in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: longitudinal evidence from the CHARLS cohort.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Number of pain points and multisite pain in people 80 years and older in Thailand.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Beyond pain presence: the impact of multisite pain and pain interference on cognitive functioning among middle-aged and older adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Activity of daily living impairment mediates the relationship between pain and falls in Chinese older adults: a cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Falls Among Younger and Older Adult Pilgrims During the Hajj Mass Gathering: An Age-Stratified Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Fall Risk in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the HOPE Consortium Trial.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Article
- Application of machine learning for detecting high fall risk in middle-aged workers using video-based analysis of the first 3 steps.Journal of occupational health · 2025Article
- Changes in Widespread Pain After Surgical Weight Loss in Racialized Adults: A Secondary Analysis From a 2-Year Longitudinal Study.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Association between Chronic Pain and Sarcopenia in Greek Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Pain is underestimated in older adults with risk of falls.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2024Article
- Multisite Pain and Intensity were Associated with History Fall among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Falls and fall-related injuries: prevalence, characteristics, and treatment among participants of the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Pain, Balance-Confidence, Functional Mobility, and Reach Are Associated With Risk of Recurrent Falls Among Adults With Lower-Limb Amputation.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- The Association of Pain with Incident Falls in People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Multisite Pain and Myocardial Infarction and Stroke: A Prospective Cohort and Mendelian Randomization Analysis.JACC. Advances · 2023Article
- Factors Correlating with Functional Capacity in Older People with Chronic Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMultisite pain and falls are common in older people, and isolated studies have identified multisite pain as a potential falls risk factor. This study aims to synthesise published literature to further explore the relationship between multisite pain and falls and to quantify associated risks.
methodsBibliographic databases were searched from inception to December 2017. Studies of community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older with a multisite pain measurement and a falls outcome were included. Two reviewers screened articles, undertook quality assessment and extracted data. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool the effect estimate (odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)). Heterogeneity was assessed by I
resultsThe search identified 49,577 articles, 3145 underwent abstract review, 22 articles were included in the systematic review and 18 were included in the meta-analysis. The unadjusted pooled OR of 1.82 (95%CI 1.55-2.13), demonstrating that those reporting multisite pain are at increased risk of falls, is supported by the adjusted pooled OR of 1.56 (95%CI 1.39-1.74). Multisite pain predicts future falls risk (OR = 1.74 (95%CI 1.57-1.93)). For high-quality studies, those reporting multisite pain have double the odds of a future fall compared to their pain-free counterparts.
conclusionMultisite pain is associated with an increased future falls risk in community-dwelling older people. Increasing public awareness of multisite pain as a falls risk factor and advising health and social care professionals to identify older people with multisite pain to signpost accordingly will enable timely falls prevention strategies to be implemented.
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