Is knee pain linked to depression?

(American Geriatrics Society) According to researchers, knee osteoarthritis affects some 55 percent of people over age 40 in Japan. A research team from the country recently published a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society examining the effects of knee pain on depression since, until now, few studies have focused on how knee pain and impaired knee function relate to depression.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news