Association between multisite musculoskeletal pain and disability trajectories among community-dwelling older adults.

Background: Pain is linked to disability, but how multisite musculoskeletal pain leads to disability over time is not well elaborated.

Objective: To examine the associations of multisite musculoskeletal pain with disability among a nationally representative cohort.

Design: We used data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) 2015-22.