MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN LEADERSHIP
- Co-Chair: David Andrew Rice
New Zealand
Co-Chair: Feng Pan
Australia - Secretary: Shaina Liu
Canada - Treasurer: Renato Martins
Brazil
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN SOCIAL MEDIA
Musculoskeletal Pain Mission and Vision
The Musculoskeletal Pain Special Interest Group seeks to increase awareness, and provide a forum to discuss the interaction between muscle pain and motor control systems as it relates to musculoskeletal pain.
In understanding this relationship better, the SIG aims to address the following areas:
- The mechanisms involved in the sensory and motor characteristics of joint, bone, and muscle pain.
- Diagnosis.
- Novel treatment opportunities.
Musculoskeletal Pain Webinars
Musculoskeletal Pain in Youth Webinar Recording
On 22 May 2023 the Musculoskeletal Pain SIG hosted a webinar on Musculoskeletal Pain in Youth. This webinar focused on the consequences of chronic pain in adolescents/young adults, the challenges faced by youth and caregivers as they navigate chronic pain management, and how chronic pain can impact youth’s lives and their families. The webinar also covered the most recent evidence on how untreated chronic pain in adolescents/young adults can develop into more complex pain disorders. Featuring presentations by:
- Rhiannon Joslin, PhD, University of Southampton, UK
- Alexandra Neville, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
- Michael Skovdal Rathleff, PhD, Dr.Med., Aalborg University, Denmark
- Kristian Kjær-Staal Petersen, PhD, Dr.Med., Aalborg University, Denmark (moderator)
Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain Webinar Recording
On 16 January 2023, the Musculoskeletal Pain SIG hosted a webinar on Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain. The webinar was dedicated to discussing two treatment opportunities, namely pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) and cognitive functional therapy (CFT) and cover the most recent evidence within this field. The webinar featured the following speakers:
- Tor Wager, PhD, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA
- Peter O’Sullivan, DPT, PhD, FACP, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Henrik Bjarke Vaegter, PhD, University of Southern Denmark (chair for the scientific committee of the IASP MSK SIG and moderator of the webinar)
Musculoskeletal Pain Resources:
- 2022 Global Year for Translating Pain Knowledge to Practice
- 2021 Global Year About Back Pain
- 2010 Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain
- IASP's Topic Page on Back and Neck Pain
FACT SHEETS ON MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
- Global Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions
- High-Impact of Chronic Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Neck and Shoulder Pain
- Pain in Osteoarthritis
- Patellofemoral Pain
- How Physical Activity and Exercise Influence Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
- The Underlying Molecular Mechanisms of Musculoskeletal Pain
- The Impact of Psychosocial Factors on MSK Pain
- The Use of Quantitative Sensory Testing when Assessing Musculoskeletal Pain
- Noninvasive Electric and Magnetic Stimulation of the Nervous System in Musculoskeletal Pain
- Cognitive Functional Therapy
- Pharmacological Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain
- An Update on Personalized Mechanistically Based Management of Musculoskeletal Pain
- Surgical Techniques for Joint Pain