Persistent pain may accelerate signs of ageing by 2-3 decades in middle-aged adults

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:07 in Health & Medicine

Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The results of the study uncovered that people with pain develop the functional limitations classically associated with ageing at much earlier ages...

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