The bidirectional relationship between chronic joint pain and frailty: data from the Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing cohort.
Wendy J ChaplinDaniel Frederick McWilliamsBonnie S MillarJohn R F GladmanDavid Andrew WalshPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2023)
The bidirectional relationship between pain and frailty could lead to a vicious cycle in which each accelerates the other's progression. This justifies attempts to prevent frailty by addressing pain and to include pain measures as an outcome in frailty studies.