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Sex differences in musculoskeletal pain in older adultsSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, RO 103, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pain 116:332-8. 2005..Men and women differ in the factors associated with musculoskeletal pain in older ages. Further research is needed to understand sex differences in musculoskeletal pain the older population...- Screening for chronic conditions using a patient internet portal: recruitment for an internet-based primary care interventionSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:472-5. 2008..Patient Internet portals have created new opportunities for assessment and management of chronic conditions... - The MOBILIZE Boston Study: design and methods of a prospective cohort study of novel risk factors for falls in an older populationSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
BMC Geriatr 8:16. 2008.... 
Health coaching via an internet portal for primary care patients with chronic conditions: a randomized controlled trialSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
Med Care 47:41-7. 2009..Patient internet portals offer an efficient venue for coaching patients to discuss chronic conditions with their primary care physicians (PCP)...- Trends in obesity and arthritis among baby boomers and their predecessors, 1971-2002Suzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, RO 103, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1607-13. 2005..We examined trends in obesity and arthritis prevalence among the "baby boom" (born 1946-1965) and "silent" (born 1926-1945) generations... - The pathway from musculoskeletal pain to mobility difficulty in older disabled womenSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pain 128:69-77. 2007..Research is needed to better understand the development of pain-related disability in order to determine optimum approaches to prevent and treat mobility disability in older persons with persistent pain... - Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older populationSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
JAMA 302:2214-21. 2009..Chronic pain is a major contributor to disability in older adults; however, the potential role of chronic pain as a risk factor for falls is poorly understood... - Optimizing the tracking of falls in studies of older participants: comparison of quarterly telephone recall with monthly falls calendars in the MOBILIZE Boston StudyMarian T Hannan
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:1031-6. 2010..Retrospective 3-month recall of falls resulted in underreporting of falls by as much as 25% compared with daily calendars. Calendars should be considered the preferred method of ascertaining falls in longitudinal studies... - Are changes in leg power responsible for clinically meaningful improvements in mobility in older adults?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2363-8. 2010..From among physiological attributes commonly targeted in rehabilitation, to identify those in which changes led to clinically meaningful differences (CMDs) in mobility outcomes... - Comparing pain severity versus pain location in the MOBILIZE Boston study: chronic pain and lower extremity functionLaura H P Eggermont
Alzheimer s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:763-70. 2009..This study compared measures of chronic pain, for example, number of pain sites and overall pain severity, in relation to lower extremity function in the older population... - Characteristics of chronic pain associated with sleep difficulty in older adults: the Maintenance of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, and Zest in the Elderly (MOBILIZE) Boston studyQian Chen
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1385-92. 2011..To evaluate pain severity and distribution in relation to sleep difficulty in older adults... - Inviting patients to read their doctors' notes: a quasi-experimental study and a look aheadTom Delbanco
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 157:461-70. 2012..Little information exists about what primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients experience if patients are invited to read their doctors' office notes... - Statin use and musculoskeletal pain among adults with and without arthritisCatherine Buettner
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Med 125:176-82. 2012..Musculoskeletal symptoms are common adverse effects of statins, yet little is known about the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and statin use in the general population... - Inviting patients to read their doctors' notes: patients and doctors look ahead: patient and physician surveysJan Walker
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:811-9. 2011..Little is known about what primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients would expect if patients were invited to read their doctors' office notes... - Improving patient-clinician communication about chronic conditions: description of an internet-based nurse E-coach interventionMarybeth Allen
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nurs Res 57:107-12. 2008..Patient-provider Internet portals offer an exciting new venue for empowering and engaging patients in better management of chronic conditions... - Trunk muscle attributes are associated with balance and mobility in older adults: a pilot studyPradeep Suri
Department of PM and R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
PM R 1:916-24. 2009..To determine whether trunk muscle attributes are associated with balance and mobility performance among mobility-limited older adults... - Tender point count, pain, and mobility in the older population: the mobilize Boston studyLaura H P Eggermont
Alzheimer s Disease Clinical and Research Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Pain 11:62-70. 2010..Both the manual tender-point exam and the McGill Pain Map may provide important yet different information about risks for mobility disability in older individuals... - Increased trunk extension endurance is associated with meaningful improvement in balance among older adults with mobility problemsPradeep Suri
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:1038-43. 2011..To determine whether trunk extension endurance changes with training are associated with clinically meaningful improvements in balance among mobility-limited older adults... - Evaluating the impact of patients' online access to doctors' visit notes: designing and executing the OpenNotes projectSuzanne G Leveille
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:32. 2012..We hypothesized that patients and primary care physicians (PCPs) would want it to continue and that OpenNotes would not lead to significant disruptions to doctors' practices... - Which impairments are most associated with high mobility performance in older adults? Implications for a rehabilitation prescriptionJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 89:2278-84. 2008..To test which rehabilitative impairments are associated with higher mobility performance among community-dwelling, mobility-limited older adults... - The Boston rehabilitative impairment study of the elderly: a description of methodsNicole E Holt
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 94:347-55. 2013.... 
Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) training: a pilot study exploring effects on leg power, balance, and mobility in community-dwelling older womenJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:799-804. 2004..To evaluate a dynamic form of weighted vest exercise suitable for home use and designed to enhance muscle power, balance, and mobility...- Do attitudes toward exercise vary with differences in mobility and disability status? - a study among low-income seniorsJonathan F Bean
Department PM and R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Disabil Rehabil 29:1215-20. 2007..To examine attitudes toward exercise among a vulnerable aged population characterized by low socioeconomic status, poor functional status and lack of available therapeutic exercise resources... - Disabling symptoms: what do older women report?Suzanne G Leveille
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Mass 02131 1097, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:766-73. 2002..To answer the question, "What do older disabled women report as the main symptoms causing their disability?".. - Effect of medical conditions on improvement in self-reported and observed functional performance of eldersRam R Miller
Geriatrics Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:217-23. 2004..To evaluate the effect of nine disabling medical conditions upon recovery from functional limitations by elders... - Issues in conducting epidemiologic research among elders: lessons from the MOBILIZE Boston StudyElizabeth J Samelson
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1444-51. 2008..It is hoped that this paper will encourage and inform future epidemiologic research in this important segment of the population... - Associating the onset of motor impairments with disability progression in nursing home residentsJonathan Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 81:696-704; quiz 705-7, 720. 2002..CONCLUSION: This study directly links the onset of movement impairments with disability progression. These findings have important implications for physiatrists and other practitioners of geriatric rehabilitation... - A comparison of leg power and leg strength within the InCHIANTI study: which influences mobility more?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:728-33. 2003..There was also evidence that the power-function relationship may be described as curvilinear. However, these findings have never been confirmed in a representative population... - Acculturation and cardiovascular risk factor control among Hispanic adults in the United StatesPracha P Eamranond
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA
Public Health Rep 124:818-24. 2009..We sought to determine whether low acculturation, based on language measures, leads to disparities in cardiovascular risk factor control in U.S. Hispanic adults... - Musculoskeletal pain and risk for falls in older disabled women living in the communitySuzanne G Leveille
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:671-8. 2002..To determine whether musculoskeletal pain increased risk for falls in older women with disabilities... - Obesity, race, and risk for death or functional decline among Medicare beneficiaries: a cohort studyChristina C Wee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Ann Intern Med 154:645-55. 2011..The adverse effect of obesity on health outcomes may be lower in older and African American adults than in the general U.S. population... - The 6-minute walk test in mobility-limited elders: what is being measured?Jonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M751-6. 2002..Though commonly utilized as an outcome measure among otherwise healthy mobility-limited elders, it is not clear whether the 6mw best represents a measure of functional limitation, aerobic capacity, or both... - Musculoskeletal agingSuzanne G Leveille
Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Curr Opin Rheumatol 16:114-8. 2004..The purpose of this article is to review recent investigations in musculoskeletal epidemiology related to aging... - Advancing the taxonomy of disability in older adultsSuzanne G Leveille
HRCA Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131 1097, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:86-93. 2004..In the first step of this new development, we present evidence to support five categories of disability related to pain, balance, weakness, endurance, and other symptoms... - The relationship between leg power and physical performance in mobility-limited older peopleJonathan F Bean
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:461-7. 2002..The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of leg power and leg strength on the physical performance of community-dwelling mobility-limited older people... - Preventive health care among older women: missed opportunities and poor targetingMara A Schonberg
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Med 121:974-81. 2008..Generally, immunizations and exercise counseling are recommended for all women aged > or =65 years, while Pap smears are generally not encouraged for these women... - Open notes: doctors and patients signing onTom Delbanco
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:121-5. 2010..The team anticipates that "open notes" will spread and suggests that over time, if drafted collaboratively and signed by both doctors and patients, they might evolve to become contracts for care... - Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and statin useCatherine Buettner
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1182-6. 2008..However, in placebo-controlled trials the incidence of muscle pain is most often similar for placebo and active control groups... - Activities of daily living function and disability in older adults in a randomized trial of the health enhancement programElizabeth A Phelan
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, 325 9th Avenue, Box 359755, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:838-43. 2004..Little is known about ways by which ADL disability can be prevented or reversed. The authors evaluated the efficacy of the Health Enhancement Program in preventing and reducing ADL disability in community-dwelling older adults... - The association of language with prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among older Mexican AmericansPracha P Eamranond
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02246, USA
Ethn Dis 17:699-706. 2007..Language barriers have been shown to negatively impact health care for immigrants. We evaluated the association between language use and the diagnosis of hypertension among elderly Mexican Americans... - Relationship of homocysteine levels to quadriceps strength, gait speed, and late-life disability in older adultsHsu Ko Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:434-9. 2007..Disability is one of the most common features in older adults. However, little is known about the role of homocysteine in physical disability among older adults... - Exploring how peak leg power and usual gait speed are linked to late-life disability: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2002Hsu-Ko Kuo
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 85:650-8. 2006..CONCLUSION: Peak leg power and habitual gait speed were associated with varying domains of late-life disability. The association between peak leg power and disability seems to be partially mediated through usual gait speed... - Linking C-reactive protein to late-life disability in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002Hsu-Ko Kuo
7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:380-7. 2006..Future research is needed to understand CRP as a risk factor for disability in older populations... - Cognitive function, habitual gait speed, and late-life disability in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002Hsu Ko Kuo
Division of Gerontology Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Gerontology 53:102-10. 2007..However, little is known about the combined effect of cognitive function and gait speed on multiple domains of disability as well as about the role of gait speed in the association between cognitive function and late-life disability... - Benzodiazepine use and physical disability in community-dwelling older adultsShelly L Gray
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:224-30. 2006..To determine whether benzodiazepine use is associated with incident disability in mobility and activities of daily living (ADLs) in older individuals... - Change in muscle strength explains accelerated decline of physical function in older women with high interleukin-6 serum levelsLuigi Ferrucci
Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, INRCA Geriatric Department, Florence, Italy
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1947-54. 2002..To test whether accelerated sarcopenia in older persons with high interleukin (IL)-6 serum levels plays a role in the prospective association between inflammation and disability found in many studies... - Does gynecologic surgery contribute to low back problems in later life? An analysis of the women's health and aging studyJeffery J Ericksen
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23298, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:172-6. 2006..To examine whether women with potential injuries to the abdominal and pelvic musculature from past gynecologic surgery are at higher risk for low back pain (LBP)... - Risk factors for falls in older disabled women with diabetes: the women's health and aging studyStefano Volpato
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Savonarola, 9, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1539-45. 2005..The aim of this study was to determine whether older disabled women with diabetes have an increased risk of falls compared to women without diabetes and to identify fall risk factors among this high-risk subgroup of patients...