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Stigma and Chronic Pain

open access: yesPain and Therapy, 2022
Stigma is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a mark of shame, disgrace or disapproval that results in an individual being rejected, discriminated against and excluded from participating in a number of different areas of society". Extensive literature searches have documented stigma in the context of health.
Perugino, Francesca   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Temporary Peripheral Nerve Stimulation as Treatment for Chronic Pain

open access: yesPain and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Chronic pain is a growing problem across the world, and in the midst of an opioid epidemic, it is imperative that alternative treatment measures are identified to help alleviate the pain experienced by these patients.
Alaa Abd-Elsayed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considering the potential for an increase in chronic pain after the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesPain, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives and health of personsworldwide, with potential for further effects in the future. The experience of living within this pandemic has disrupted daily life across all sectors, including those livingwith chronic ...
D. Clauw   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Perioperative neuropathic pain is under-recognized and often undertreated. Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy.
Ibarra M.M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Reduced pressure pain thresholds in response to exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome but not in chronic low back pain: an experimental study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Objective The aims of this study were to examine (i) base line pressure pain thresholds in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and those with chronic low back pain compared with healthy subjects, (ii) the change in mean pain threshold in response to ...
Meeus, Mira   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Flipping the hidden curriculum to transform pain education and culture

open access: yesFrontiers in Pain Research, 2023
Though long-sought, transformation of pain management practice and culture has yet to be realized. We propose both a likely cause—entrenchment in a biomedical model of care that is observed and then replicated by trainees—and a solution: deliberately ...
Aram S. Mardian   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

open access: yesPain, 2019
Chronic pain is a major source of suffering. It interferes with daily functioning and often is accompanied by distress. Yet, in the International Classification of Diseases, chronic pain diagnoses are not represented systematically.
R. Treede   +22 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and high health care costs. Although episodic acute pain is the hallmark of this disorder, there is an increasing awareness that chronic pain is part of the pain ...
Aguilar   +89 more
core   +3 more sources

British pain clinic practitioners' recognition and use of the bio-psychosocial pain management model for patients when physical interventions are ineffective or inappropriate : results of a qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background To explore how chronic musculoskeletal pain is managed in multidisciplinary pain clinics for patients for whom physical interventions are inappropriate or ineffective.
Anisur, Anisur   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Exercise challenge alters Default Mode Network dynamics in Gulf War Illness

open access: yesBMC Neuroscience, 2019
Background Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects 30% of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War and has no known cause. Everyday symptoms include pain, fatigue, migraines, and dyscognition. A striking syndromic feature is post-exertional malaise (PEM).
Rakib U. Rayhan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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