Neural Mechanisms of Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Pain: A Possible Role for Peripheral Glutamate Receptor Mechanisms by David K Lam, Barry J Sessle, Brian E Cairns, James W Hu

“…The purpose of the present review is to correlate recent knowledge of the role of peripheral ionotropic glutamate receptors in the temporomandibular joint and muscle pain from animal and human experimental pain models with findings in patients. Chronic pain is common, and many people suffer from chronic pain conditions involving deep craniofacial tissues such as temporomandibular disorders or fibromyalgia. …”
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Associations Between Occupational Physical Activity, Low Back Pain and Disability Among Operating Room Personnel by Marzieh Mohammadi, Zeinab Kazemi, Marzieh Izadi Laybidi, Mohammad Sadegh Ghasemi

“…Chronic pain in this population was reported as grade 2, indicating severe pain with minimal disability; if left unaddressed, this could lead to movement restrictions.…”
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Milnacipran for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia by Harshit Gupta, Brook Girma, Jack S. Jenkins, Sarah E. Kaufman, Christopher A. Lee, Alan D. Kaye

“…# Purpose of review This is a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the use of milnacipran in treating fibromyalgia. A chronic pain disorder with other system disturbances, fibromyalgia is often resistant to many therapeutic approaches. …”
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Testosterone-Induced Effects on Lipids and Inflammation by Stella Vodo, Nicoletta Bechi, Anna Petroni, Carolina Muscoli, Anna Maria Aloisi

“…Chronic pain has to be considered in all respects a debilitating disease and 10–20% of the world's adult population is affected by this disease. …”
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The Incidence of Mental Disorders Increases over Time in Patients with Cancer Pain: Data from a Retrospective Cohort Study by Michael Brinkers, Giselher Pfau, Anne-Marie Toepffer, Frank Meyer, Moritz A. Kretzschmar

“…It is well known that cancer patients more seldom have a psychiatric disorder than noncancer patients with chronic pain. Conversely, earlier studies have suggested that, at the psychiatric level, long-term cancer survivors (LCSs) have more in common with noncancer patients affected by chronic pain. …”
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Opioid Therapy for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain by Russell K Portenoy

“…A critical review of the medical literature pertaining to chronic pain, opioid pharmacology and addiction medicine can clarify misconceptions about opioid therapy and provide a foundation for patient selection and drug administration. …”
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Advanced Genetic Testing Comes to the Pain Clinic to Make a Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder by Ashley Cannon, Svetlana Kurklinsky, Kimberly J. Guthrie, Douglas L. Riegert-Johnson

“…Patients with a personal and family history of chronic pain may benefit from a referral to Medical Genetics. …”
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Psychological Factors Associated with Phantom Limb Pain: A Review of Recent Findings by Xaver Fuchs, Herta Flor, Robin Bekrater-Bodmann

“…Psychological factors have been shown to play an important role in other types of chronic pain, where they are pivotal in the acquisition and maintenance of pain symptoms. …”
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Effects of Flotation-REST on Muscle Tension Pain by Anette Kjellgren, Ulf Sundequist, Torsten Norlander, Trevor Archer

“…Thirty-seven patients (14 men and 23 women) suffering from chronic pain consisting of aching muscles in the neck and back area participated in the study. …”
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Spinal NGF Restores Opioid Sensitivity in Neuropathic Rats: Possible Role of NGF as a Regulator of CCK-Induced Anti-Opioid Effects by Catherine M Cahill, Terence J Coderre

“…These models provide an approach for examining the contribution of central NGF to nociceptive transmission. Chronic pain emanating from a nerve injury is typically refractory to traditional analgesics such as opioids. …”
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The McGill Pain Questionnaire - Japanese Version, Reconsidered: Confirming the Reliability and Validity by Mamoru Hasegawa, Suguru Hattori, Keiji Ishizaki, Shosuke Suzuki, Fumio Goto

“…BACKGROUND: The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) is one of the most widely used instruments in the world to evaluate patients with chronic pain. However, differences in languages and cultural backgrounds have hindered its standardization in Japan.…”
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Cannabinoids for Pain Management: What is their Role? by Alexander J Clark, Mary E Lynch

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Modifiable factors for irritable bowel syndrome: evidence from Mendelian randomisation approach by Jinling Tang, Zhirong Yang, Shanshan Wu, Feng Sha, Tengfei Lin, Di Liu, Meiling Cao, Yiwen Jiang, Weijie Cao, Fuxiao Li

“…The presence of multisite chronic pain may offer a promising avenue for the concurrent prevention of IBS and its coexisting disorders.…”
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Possible Nonopioid-Mediated Analgesia Produced by Methotrimeprazine in Rats by Perry N Fuchs, Bradley Kerr, Ronald Melzack

“…BACKGROUND: Several reports in the 1960s demonstrated that methotrimeprazine (MTMZ), a phenothiazine derivative, is effective for treating acute and chronic pain. Although MTMZ has received little attention in recent decades, the fact that it derives from a class of drugs usually associated with cognitive and emotional processes, rather than the traditional analgesics, makes it interesting as a potential source of information about the mechanisms of analgesia.…”
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A Short Version of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS-20): Preliminary Development and Validity by Lance M McCracken, Lara Dhingra

“…BACKGROUND: Research has shown significant relations between fear and avoidance of pain and the suffering and disability of chronic pain. Effective measurement tools have formed the foundation for studying these relations.…”
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Health status correlates of malnutrition diagnosed based on the GLIM criteria in older Polish adults-Results of the PolSenior 2 study. by Aleksandra Kaluźniak-Szymanowska, Ewa Deskur-Śmielecka, Roma Krzymińska-Siemaszko, Arkadiusz Styszyński, Sławomir Tobis, Marta Lewandowicz, Jerzy Chudek, Tomasz Kostka, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Karolina Piotrowicz, Hanna Kujawska-Danecka, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis

“…Suspected malnutrition should also be considered in people at risk of depression, with peptic ulcer disease, past stroke, and cognitive impairment. Chronic pain should also prompt the diagnosis for malnutrition.…”
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Incidence and long-term patient reported outcome measures of patients with radiological cauda equina compression but without clinical features of cauda equina syndrome by Hamzah Alsheikh Soleiman, Mary Solou, Andreas K. Demetriades

“…Despite surgical interventions, chronic pain remains a significant issue. Further research, including multi-centered studies, is warranted to enhance our understanding of this condition and its nuanced subpopulations.…”
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Pain Reconceptualisation after Pain Neurophysiology Education in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study by Richard King, Victoria Robinson, Helene L. Elliott-Button, James A. Watson, Cormac G. Ryan, Denis J. Martin

“…Pain neurophysiology education (PNE) is an educational intervention for patients with chronic pain. PNE purports to assist patients to reconceptualise their pain away from the biomedical model towards a more biopsychosocial understanding by explaining pain biology. …”
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Treatment Strategies for Chronic Cases by Susan M Lord

“…The challenge to find a treatment strategy for chronic pain after whiplash that completely relieves the condition and prevents its sequelae is reviewed.…”
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Psychiatric Morbidity in Pain Conditions: Results from the Singapore Mental Health Study by Mythily Subramaniam, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Edimansyah Abdin, Siow Ann Chong

“…BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a common problem among the general population and has been found to be associated with psychiatric disorders in studies based on both clinical samples and epidemiological surveys.…”
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