Chronic pain is a complex neurologic condition that involves both sensory and affective components. A crucial integrator of pain-related sensation and affect may be a set of neurons within the parabrachial nucleus. Read more.
PainQx is conducting a study to collect electroencephalography (EEG) data from 250 people with chronic pain and 50 healthy controls in order to develop algorithms that will objectively assess the level of pain a person [...]
Previous studies have found a negative association between a conditioned pain modulation (CPM) response and pain catastrophizing among pain-free individuals. This study investigated the difference in CPM response between individuals with chronic low back pain [...]
Anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty with a partially cemented polyethylene glenoid component, or anchor peg implant, may yield "in between fin" bone growth and decreased pain, according to recently presented results. Read more.
AAPM member Michael S Leong, MD, and his colleague discuss the need to ensure patients have access to appropriate treatment for pain during the COVID-19 pandemic in this MedPage Today Op-Ed. Read more.
Chronic pain is one of the most common conditions, affecting an estimated 116 million Americans, but it is not treated equally in this country. Racial bias and discrimination have contributed — and continue to contribute [...]
Attentional biases are posited to play a key role in the development and maintenance of chronic pain in adults and youth. However, research to date has yielded mixed findings, and few studies have examined attentional [...]
More than nine months since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States, some people still have symptoms long after they've "recovered." Experts are learning more about these "long-haul" COVID-19 cases. Symptoms are wide-ranging, and [...]
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is the most commonly reported musculoskeletal overuse injury in active individuals, such as athletes, and is a multifactorial problem with no definite cause identified to date. Some studies have shown a relationship [...]
Spinal malignancy‐related pain results from tumor, fracture, instability, inflammation, and/or nerve root/spinal cord compression. Systemic corticosteroids are commonly used but have many undesirable adverse effects that impact quality of life and continuation of cancer treatments. [...]
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