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Fatigue Links Sociodemographic Risk to Pain Intensity and Spread in Two Surgical Cohorts

2026-02-04 pain medicine Title + abstract only
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Why some surgical participants experience pain that extends beyond the original site of injury while others do not remains poorly understood. Both pain intensity and widespread pain contribute to recovery and quality of life, yet their psychosocial correlates are often examined separately. Using data from two large pre-surgical cohorts--participants preparing for knee replacement or thoracic surgery--we examined associations between sociodemographic and psychosocial factors, pain intensity at su...

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