The authors of a recent study published in Drugs and Aging evaluated the factors associated with severe acute pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery. The authors found that poor acute pain control after TKA is strongly associated with chronic pain development,” which emphasizes the importance of attention to good acute pain control after TKA among older adults. The study results indicate that “complementary or psychological therapies may be beneficial for those patients who have failed other options or have depression associated with chronic pain.”
