Population Comprehensive evaluation of chronic pain in older adults is multifaceted.
Objective and Methods Research on chronic pain in older adults needs to be guided by …

Purpose Slow gait speed in older adults is associated with increased risk for falls and
fractures, functional dependence, multimorbidity, and even mortality. The risk of these …

Background Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a pervasive musculoskeletal condition, often
exacerbated by movement-evoked pain (MEP). Despite established research demonstrating …

Background and purpose Slower gait speed and subjective cognitive concerns are
characteristics of the motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome. This study aimed to examine if …

Background and Purpose: Clinicians use reference values to contextualize physical
performance scores, but data are sparse in individuals 90 years and older and racial/ethnic …

Background and Purpose: Walking speed (WS) is an easily assessable and interpretable
functional outcome measure with great utility for the physical therapist providing care to …

Methods This is a longitudinal observational study with a convenience subsample from the
international Back Complaints in the Elders (BACE)-Brazil. Frailty was assessed by …

Purpose Study purposes were to evaluate for inter-individual variability in the trajectories of
three objective measures of physical function (PF) in older patients receiving chemotherapy …

Many studies of walking function and aging have measured walking on flat surfaces with
and without dual-tasking (ie, performing a concurrent cognitive task). Walking in the …

Gait speed is an essential predictor of functional and cognitive decline in older adults. The
study aimed to investigate the gait speed of older adults in Ghana and South Africa and to …