This study explores the relation between pain sensitivity and the cognitive processing of words. 130 participants evaluated the pain-relatedness of a total of 600 two-syllabic nouns, and subsequently reported on their own pain sensitivity. The results demonstrate that pain-sensitive people (based on their self-report) associate words more strongly with pain than less sensitive people. In partic...

Emerging evidence suggests that chronic pain is a disease that can alter brain function. Imaging studies have demonstrated structural remapping and functional reorganization of brain circuits under various pain conditions. In parallel, preclinical models have demonstrated that chronic pain causes long-term neuroplasticity. For example, thalamo-cortical oscillations are dysregulated and neurons ...

OBJECTIVE As pain during childbirth is very intense, several educational programs exist to help women prepare for the event. This study evaluates the efficacy of a specific pain management program, the Bonapace Method (BM), to reduce the perception of pain during childbirth. The BM involves the father, or a significant partner, in the use of several pain control techniques based on three neurop...

The Communal Coping Model of pain catastrophizing proposes that pain catastrophizers enact pain behaviors in order to solicit support or empathy from their social environment. By this account, pain catastrophizers might be expected to engage in behavior aimed at maximizing the probability that their pain will be perceived by others in their social environment. To test this prediction, 40 underg...

Dear Editor, I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the letter to the editor of Drs. Cohen and Quintner (the authors), prompted by the reviewof theMuscle and Myofascial Pain section of the 2005 IASP Core Curriculum (IASP CC) [1]. The authors are acknowledged for their persistence in challenging inconsistencies in the constructs of the myofascial syndrome (and fibromyalgia). Indeed, and unfo...

Objectives This study aims to explore whether extracorporeal shockwave treatment (ESWT) based on the theory of fascial manipulation (FM) at select treatment points is superior to traditional local ESWT for pain relief in adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. Methods Data from patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder who received weekly ESWT according to fascial manipulation theory (ES...

In legal domains ranging from tort to torture, pain and its degree do important definitional work by delimiting boundaries of lawfulness and of entitlements. Yet, for all the work done by pain as a term in legal texts and practice, it has a confounding lack of external verifiability. Now, neuroimaging is rendering pain and myriad other subjective states at least partly ascertainable. This emerg...

BACKGROUND In health research, indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) are often used interchangeably and often lack theoretical foundation. This makes it difficult to compare results from different studies and to explore the relationship between SES and health outcomes. To aid researchers in choosing appropriate indicators of SES, this article proposes and tests a theory-based selection of SE...

Objective To describe the experience of older adults with chronic pain in health services. Methods Qualitative, grounded theory type study of 25 elderly residents with chronic pain in the cities of Medellin and Bogota. In-depth interviews were used to collect the data. The analysis was done using the tools of grounded theory as layed out by Strauss and Corbin. Results This study reported 5 main...