The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age by Luis Pinel, Miguel A. Perez-Nieto, Marta Redondo, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Leticia L. Mateos

“…Chronic pain is a serious public health problem that has grown exponentially in recent years, which is why it has received the attention of numerous researchers. …”
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Enhanced Temporal Coupling between Thalamus and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Chronic Low Back Pain and Depression by Hong Li, Qiaoyan Song, Ruya Zhang, Youlong Zhou, Yazhuo Kong

“…However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms of thalamic pathways for chronic pain and psychological effects in cLBP caused by lumbar disc herniation (LDH). …”
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The Helplessness Dimension of Pain Catastrophizing Mediates the Relation between PTSD Symptoms and Pain Rehabilitation Measures by Matthew Schumann, Julia Craner, Elizabeth Kacel, Eleshia Morrison, Keith Gascho, Judy Gebhard, Wesley Gilliam

“…Background. Comorbid chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) complicate the treatment of both conditions. …”
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Ondansetron Treatment in a Child Presenting with Chronic Intractable Pruritus by Chantal Frigon, Joëlle Desparmet

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Duloxetine Contributing to a Successful Multimodal Treatment Program for Peripheral Femoral Neuropathy and Comorbid ‘Reactive Depression’ in an Adolescent by Ludmyla Kachko, Shiri Ben Ami, Alon Liberman, Einat Birk, Sefi Kronenberg

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The Christchurch Earthquake: Crush Injury, Neuropathic Pain, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Frances Cammack, Edward A. Shipton

“…Post-traumatic stress disorder is common in earthquake survivors with a recognised association with chronic pain. Pain-related disability may increase as well. …”
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Pain Management in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by T Jock Murray

“…In even more cases, it is chronic pain that can take the form of dysesthesia, or repeated muscle spasms and aching. …”
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Emotional and Motivational Pain Processing: Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives in Translational Research by Susanne Becker, Edita Navratilova, Frauke Nees, Stefaan Van Damme

“…In this review, we discuss the psychophysiological and neuronal factors that may be associated with the transition to chronic pain. We review information from human studies on neural circuits involved in emotional and motivational pain processing and how these circuits are altered in chronic pain conditions. …”
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The SISAP: A New Screening Instrument for Identifying Potential Opioid Abusers in the Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Within General Medical Practice by Robert B Coambs, Josée L Jarry, Anusha C Santhiapillai, Rixi V Abrahamsohn, Cristina M Atance

“…BACKGROUND: Many physicians are overly cautious about prescribing opioids for chronic pain because of fears of iatrogenic addiction. …”
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Neuropsychological Changes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) by Monika Halicka, Axel D. Vittersø, Michael J. Proulx, Janet H. Bultitude

“…Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a poorly understood chronic pain condition of multifactorial origin. CRPS involves sensory, motor, and autonomic symptoms primarily affecting one extremity. …”
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Research Funding for Pain in Canada by Mary E Lynch, Donald Schopflocher, Paul Taenzer, Caitlin Sinclair

“…Chronic pain is an escalating public health problem. …”
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The Pain and Sleep Questionnaire Three-Item Index (PSQ-3): A Reliable and Valid Measure of The Impact of Pain on Sleep in Chronic Nonmalignant Pain of Various Etiologies by Lindsay E Ayearst, Zoltan Harsanyi, Kenneth J Michalko

“…BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbance is among the more common complaints reported by chronic pain patients. Because pain-related sleep disturbance may serve as a marker for the assessment of responses to treatment for chronic pain, inclusion of a measure designed to assess the impact of pain on sleep in clinical trial protocols is important, if not necessary. …”
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Do Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Accept Treatment of Questionable Benefit More Readily that those Who Are Pain Free? by Mark K Simmonds, Saifee Rashiq, Philip Klemka, Alexander S Sclanachan

“…BACKGROUND: The efficacy of some common, questionable chronic pain interventions has been debated and it is unclear why sufferers of chronic noncancer pain agree to receive them. …”
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Validation of the French Version of the “Patterns of Activity Measure” in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Charles Benaim, Bertrand Léger, Philippe Vuistiner, François Luthi

“…The “Patterns of Activity Measure” (POAM-P) is a self-administered questionnaire that assesses “avoidance”, “pacing” and “overdoing” activity patterns in chronic pain patients. Objectives. To adapt the POAM-P to French (“POAM-P/F”) and test its validity and reliability in Chronic Musculo-Skeletal Pain patients (CMSP). …”
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Advancing pain education: a cross-sectional study in the Portuguese medical schools by Joana Cristina Ferreira Mendes de Castro Bento, Isaura Tavares, Daniel Humberto Pozza

“…Abstract Introduction Chronic pain negatively impacts on quality of life and is often underreported and undertreated. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Pain and Sleep Questionnaire and in Relation to Pain-Specific Sleep-Related Cognition by Sajida Fawaz Hammoudi, Seockhoon Chung

“…Background and Objective We investigated the reliability and validity of the Korean versions of the Pain and Sleep Questionnaire-5 (PSQ-5) and PSQ-3 among patients with chronic pain. Methods An anonymous online survey was conducted with chronic pain patients. …”
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Mechanisms for dysregulation of excitatory-inhibitory balance underlying allodynia in dorsal horn neural subcircuits. by Alexander G Ginsberg, Scott F Lempka, Bo Duan, Victoria Booth, Jennifer Crodelle

“…Chronic pain is a wide-spread condition that is debilitating and expensive to manage, costing the United States alone around $600 billion in 2010. …”
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Acute Pain Burden and Opioid Dose Requirements after Cesarean Delivery in Parturients with Preexisting Chronic Back Pain and Migraine by Ryu Komatsu, Michael G. Nash, Kenneth C. Ruth, William Harbour, Taylor M. Ziga, Shane Mandalia, Emily M. Dinges, Davin Singh, Hani El-Omrani, Joseph Reno, Brendan Carvalho, Laurent A. Bollag

“…Introduction. Preexisting chronic pain has been reported to be a consistent risk factor for severe acute postoperative pain. …”
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Multinational comparison of new antidepressant use in older adults: a cohort study by Robyn Tamblyn, David Westfall Bates, David L Buckeridge, Will Dixon, Alan J Forster, Nadyne Girard, Jennifer Haas, Bettina Habib, Siyana Kurteva, Jack Li, Therese Sheppard

“…Chronic pain was the most common potential treatment indication. …”
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Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review by Zeltia Naia, Sergio Patiño-Núñez, Olalla Bello

“…Visceral pain (VP), from internal organs, is one of the main reasons for health consultations and represents a source of chronic pain. It can provoke referred musculoskeletal pain, viscero-somatic pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia. …”
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