Abstracts tagged "mediation and pain"

Abstract Number: 1757 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Does Foot Pain Mediate The Effect Of Knee Osteoarthritis and Risk Of Indoor and Outdoor Falls In Older Men and Women?
Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen¹, Yuqing Zhang², Jingbo Niu³, Robert H. Shmerling⁴, Douglas P. Kiel⁵, Suzanne G. Leveille⁶, Carol A. Oatis⁷ and Marian T. Hannan⁸, ¹Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Dept. of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA, ⁷Physical Therapy, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, ⁸Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Dept. of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA), foot pain, and falls are common in older adults and limit mobility. We previously showed that knee OA increases the risk…