Accelerated aging in adults with knee osteoarthritis pain: consideration for frequency, intensity, time, and total pain sites

Abstract. Introduction:. Individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) show increased morbidity and mortality. Telomere length, a measure of cellular aging, predicts increased morbidity and mortality. Telomeres shorten with persisting biological and psychosocial stress. Living with chronic OA pain is stressf...

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Main Authors: Kimberly T. Sibille, Huaihou Chen, Emily J. Bartley, Joseph Riley, III, Toni L. Glover, Christopher D. King, Hang Zhang, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Burel R. Goodin, Adriana Sotolongo, Megan E. Petrov, Matthew Herbert, Hailey W. Bulls, Jeffrey C. Edberg, Roland Staud, David Redden, Laurence A. Bradley, Roger B. Fillingim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-06-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000591