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Orthopedic Problems

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Musculoskeletal problems are frequently perceived by people as the first concrete signs of aging. The problems tend to be chronic in nature with little or no hope of complete return to the premorbid condition. While the pains are usually not severe, they make people feel tired, which is interpreted as feeling “old.” Increased pain with activity accentuates the feeling of aging by forcing people to accept more sedentary life-styles. A patient typically complains that she feels like a “45 year-old woman in an 80-year-old body.” Depression, which is associated with all forms of chronic pain, can be particularly severe if the patient relates it to fundamental changes such as decreased mobility and growing old.

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  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Journal of the American Medical Association, 60610, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Chief) (Associate Chief)

  5. Geriatric Medicine, Portland V.A. Medical Center, 97207, Portland, Oregon, USA

    John R. Walsh M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

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Pottenger, L.A. (1990). Orthopedic Problems. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_17

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