Effects of Linear-Polarized Near-Infrared Light Irradiation on Chronic Pain by Dong Huang, Yong-Hong Gu, Qin Liao, Xue-Bin Yan, Shai-Hong Zhu, Chang-Qing Gao

“…It is concluded that LPNIR is an effective and safe modality to treat various chronic pains, which has synergic effects with NB or LB.…”
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Hemodynamics in chronic pain: A pathway to multi-modal health risks. by Dmitry M Davydov, Carmen M Galvez-Sánchez, Gustavo A Reyes Del Paso

“…The primary goal was to elucidate the systemic and systematic interaction of diverse hemodynamic and cardiovascular mechanisms across various timeframes and phases, precisely identifying their collective role as a unified bodily mechanism in managing regular gravity-induced blood redistribution challenges within the context of chronic pain. Findings suggest a connection between chronic disease and the equilibrium between cardiac preload and afterload in blood pressure regulation. …”
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Corrigendum to “Pregabalin Effect on Acute and Chronic Pain after Cardiac Surgery” by Aik Bouzia, Vassilios Tassoudis, Menelaos Karanikolas, George Vretzakis, Argyro Petsiti, Nikolaos Tsilimingas, Elena Arnaoutoglou

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The Efficacy of a Multidisciplinary Group Program for Patients with Refractory Chronic Pain by Masayuki Inoue, Shinsuke Inoue, Tatsunori Ikemoto, Young-Chang P Arai, Masatoshi Nakata, Atsuko Miyazaki, Makoto Nishihara, Takashi Kawai, Noboru Hatakeyama, Setsuko Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Shimo, Hirofumi Miyagawa, Tomomi Hasegawa, Hiroki Sakurai, Yoshinobu Hasegawa, Yusuke Ohmichi, Takahiro Ushida

“…BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a major problem because it can result in not only a reduction in activities of daily living and quality of life but also requires initiation of social assistance. …”
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Chronic Pain in Canada - Prevalence, Treatment, Impact and the Role of Opioid Analgesia by Dwight E Moulin, Alexander J Clark, Mark Speechley, Patricia K Morley-Forster

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence, treatment and impact of chronic pain in Canada.…”
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Stress, perceived competence and guilt as predictors of depression in parents with chronic pain by Irene J. Muñoz-Peña, José L. González-Gutiérrez, Laura Yunta-Rua, Juan C. Pacho-Hernández, Almudena López-López

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Intravascular Glomus Tumor of the Forearm Causing Chronic Pain and Focal Tenderness by Sang Ki Lee, Dae Geon Song, Won Sik Choy

“…A 44-year-old woman had a 7-year history of chronic pain and focal tenderness of the forearm. No hypersensitivity or sensory alterations were observed. …”
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Metabolite-Sensing Receptors: Emerging Targets for Modulating Chronic Pain Pathways by Ciprian Pușcașu, Corina Andrei, Octavian Tudorel Olaru, Anca Zanfirescu

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Socioeconomic Factors and Work Disability: Clues to Managing Chronic Pain Disorder by Robert W Teasell, Hillel M Finestone

“…Disability is a multifactorial phenomena in chronic pain disorders, as it is for other painful and nonpainful medical conditions. …”
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Development and Validation of the French-Canadian Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale by Anaïs Lacasse, Patricia Bourgault, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Roxanne Courtemanche-Harel, Manon Choinière

“…BACKGROUND: Perceived self-efficacy is a non-negligible outcome when measuring the impact of self-management interventions for chronic pain patients. However, no validated, chronic pain-specific self-efficacy scales exist for studies conducted with French-speaking populations.…”
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Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management by Justyna Świdrak, Justyna Świdrak

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The Life Adjustment Process in Chronic Pain: Psychosocial Assessment and Clinical Implications by Ann-Christine Gullacksen, Jan Lidbeck

“…Previously, the subjective dimension of suffering from chronic pain has only infrequently been reported in the literature. …”
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Enhancing self-management in chronic pain: Reflections on a qualitative study by John Patrick C. Toledo

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Cannabinoids and Their Role in Chronic Pain Treatment: Current Concepts and a Comprehensive Review by Islam Shehata, Ahmed Hashim, Ahmed Saad Elsaeidy, Anagha Nair, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Marian Habib

“…For decades, chronic pain was managed with an almost conventional approach of using a wide range of analgesic spectrum, surgical approaches and complex interventional pain techniques to modulate or even interrupt pain pathways. …”
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A Diathesis-Stress Model of Chronic Pain and Disability following Traumatic Injury by Dennis C Turk

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Drugs for Chronic Pain in Children: A Commentary on Clinical Practice and the Absence of Evidence by Marie-Claude Grégoire, G Allen Finley

“…Pediatric chronic pain is widespread, under-recognized and undertreated. …”
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Cross-Cultural Validation of the English Chronic Pain Myth Scale in Emergency Nurses by Geraldine Martorella, Anaïs Lacasse, Michelle Kostic, Glenna Schluck

“…Utilization of the emergency department (ED) by patients seeking relief from chronic pain (CP) has increased. These patients often face stigmatization, and the ED is no exception. …”
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The Role of Health Anxiety among Patients with Chronic Pain in Determining Response to Therapy by Heather D Hadjistavropoulos, Gordon JG Asmundson, Diane L LaChapelle, Allisson Quine

“…Considerable research suggests that health anxiety (HA) influences the response of patients with chronic pain to pain and treatment. The present investigation extends the current understanding of HA and explores whether it affects how patients respond to a common therapeutic intervention, namely instructions to reduce pain behaviour. …”
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Evidence of a Relationship between Adult Attachment Variables and Appraisals of Chronic Pain by Pamela J Meredith, Jenny Strong, Judith A Feeney

“…OBJECTIVE: Although threat and challenge appraisals of pain have been linked to both the acute and laboratory-induced pain experience, these appraisals have not yet been explored in relation to chronic pain. In addition, although attachment theory has been separately linked to the chronic pain experience and to responses to perceived threat, it has not been explored in the context of threat and challenge appraisals of chronic pain. …”
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Pain Vision System for Evaluating Chronic Pain: A Comparison with VAS Scoring by Bao-Kai Wang, Tang-Hua Liu, Fang Xie, Yan-Qing Liu

“…To study the value of pain vision system in quantitative evaluation of chronic pain from the perspective of neuroelectrophysiology, as compared with VAS (visual analog scale). …”
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