I am a
Home I AM A Search Login

Psychological/Comorbidities

Share this

“You have to believe the patient”: What do people with fibromyalgia find helpful (and hindering) when accessing health care?

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, still poorly understood, and difficult-to-treat chronic pain condition for which many people struggle to find adequate care.

Learn More >

Migraine and the Gender Divide.

Migraine is a global neurologic disease that is highly prevalent, especially in women. Studies have observed a predisposition for the development of migraine in women, although the mechanisms involved have […]

Learn More >

Get your head in the game: a replicated single-case-experimental-design evaluating the effect of a novel virtual reality intervention in people with chronic low back pain.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Contemporary treatment of CLBP is suboptimal, with small/moderate effect sizes and high relapse rates. Virtual reality (VR) is […]

Learn More >

Alteration in Cortical Activity and Perceived Sensation Following Modulated TENS.

Over the last decades, conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been utilized as an efficient rehabilitation intervention for alleviation of chronic pain, including phantom limb pain (PLP). However, recently […]

Learn More >

Chronic pain among U.S. sexual minority adults who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or “something else”.

This study assesses chronic pain prevalence among sexual minority U.S. adults who self-identify as gay/lesbian, bisexual, or “something else,” and examines the role of select covariates in the observed patterns. […]

Learn More >

Prefrontal engrams of long-term fear memory perpetuate pain perception.

A painful episode can lead to a life-long increase in an individual’s experience of pain. Fearful anticipation of imminent pain could play a role in this phenomenon, but the neurobiological […]

Learn More >

Neuroendocrine and neuroimmune mechanisms underlying comorbidity of pain and obesity.

Pain and obesity, as well as their associated impairments, are major health concerns. Understanding the relationship between the two is the focus of a growing body of research. However, early […]

Learn More >

Factors Influencing Parental Decision-making Regarding Analgesia for Children with Musculoskeletal Injury-related Pain: A Qualitative Study.

To explore and understand parental decision-making relating to acute pain management for their children presenting to the emergency department.

Learn More >

Short and long-term predictors of pain severity and interference in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression.

Chronic pain and depression are frequent comorbidities in primary care. Depression among other psychosocial factors play a role in the clinical course of chronic pain.

Learn More >

Validation and meaningful within-patient change in work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire (WPAI) for episodic or chronic migraine.

No available studies demonstrate validity and meaningful change thresholds of Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire in patients with migraine. In this post-hoc analysis, we assessed reliability, validity, responsiveness, […]

Learn More >

Search