ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC PAIN LEADERSHIP
- Chair: Alec Malmberg
The Netherlands - Past Chair: Kathey Vincent
Canada
- Secretary: Tania Di Renna
Canada - Treasurer: Kevin Hellman
USA
ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC PAIN SOCIAL MEDIA
Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Mission and Vision
The Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Special Interest Group aims to:
- Provide a forum for members to discuss the diagnosis and management of pain perceived in the abdominal and pelvic areas.
- Promote a multidisciplinary approach to patients with abdominal and pelvic pain. Including the development of global guidelines in which pain, its associated distress, physical disability, and associated disorders are the central subject, independent of the medical specialties (e.g., urology, gynecology, and gastroenterology).
- Provide guidance for training in pain management in abdominal and pelvic pain and for clinics that deliver this management.
- Disseminate up-to-date abdominal and pelvic pain knowledge by setting up educational programs for patients and caregivers.
- Implement modern systems (e.g., web-based maps) to propagate the guidelines for daily use in patient care.
- Support and develop educational initiatives (including meetings) to disseminate the issues around these pains to a broader audience.
Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Webinars
This webinar was held on 21 January 2025.
Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Resources:
- Gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain in women (GaPP2): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Horne AW, Vincent K, Hewitt CA, et al Lancet. September 26, 2020 - Epigenetic Mechanisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Mahurkar-Joshi S, Chang L Front Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 14;11:805 - Inhibition of Microglial Activation in the Amygdala Reverses Stress-Induced Abdominal Pain in the Male Rat
Yuan T, Manohar K, Latorre R, Orock A, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;10(3):527-543 - Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome: insights from the MAPP Research Network
Clemens JQ, Mullins C, Ackerman AL, et al Nat Rev Urol. 2019 Mar;16(3):187-200 - Multimodal physical therapy versus topical lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia: a multicenter, randomized trial
Morin M, Dumoulin C, Bergeron S, et al Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Feb;224(2):189.e1-189.e12 - 2016 Global Year for Joint Pain
- 2010 Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain
- 2008 Global Year Against Pain in Women
- 2007 Global Year Against Pain in Older Persons