Chronic pain is one of the most common, costly, and potentially debilitating health issues
facing older adults, with attributable costs exceeding $600 billion annually. The prevalence …

Older individuals have an elevated risk for chronic pain as half of all individuals over 65
years old have at least one chronic pain condition. Unfortunately, relevant assessment tools …

Background: Chronic pain is a major issue affecting more than 50% of the older population
and up to 80% of nursing homes residents. Research on pain in the elderly focuses mainly …

Objective. Preclinical studies of pain and aging represent an area of research where
considerations of age, strain, gender, and method of behavioral assessment are but some of …

Chronic pain affects a large part of the population causing functional disability, being often
associated with coexisting psychological disorders, such as depression and anxiety …

Chronic pain often occurs in the elderly, particularly in the patients with neurodegenerative
disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although studies indicate that chronic pain …

The pain and aging subfield has grown dramatically, including a 6-fold increase in
publications over the last 2 decades. This subfield is based on the assumption that pain in …

Peripheral inflammation causes mechanical pain behavior and increased action potential
firing. However, most studies examine inflammatory pain at acute, rather than chronic time …

Background Neuroimaging studies in younger adults have demonstrated sex differences in
brain processing of painful experimental stimuli. Such differences may contribute to findings …

Surgical procedures in the geriatric population are steadily increasing, driven by improved
healthcare technologies and longer lifespans. However, effective postoperative pain …