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Personalized pain assessment: What does ‘acceptable pain’ mean to you?

What ‘acceptable pain’ means may be different for everyone and dependent on the moment and the context. In this text, we explore the concepts of pain acceptability and acceptance. We […]

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Understanding the link between pain invalidation and depressive symptoms: The role of shame and social support in people with chronic pain.

Pain invalidation (e.g., having pain discounted) is a risk factor for depression among people with chronic pain, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Shame is a common, yet understudied, aspect of […]

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Stress and recurrent abdominal pain.

We discuss the aetiology of recurrent abdominal pain of non-organic origin, according to the Rome Criteria for Functional Gastro-intestinal Disorders and a psychogenic hypothesis. Stress activates the brain-gut-axis, which is […]

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Review of racial/ethnic disparities in obstetrics-related anesthesia administration and pain management.

While racial/ethnic disparities in maternal outcomes including mortality and severe maternal morbidity are well documented, there is limited information on disparities in obstetric anesthesia practices. This paper reviews literature on […]

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Perspectives on emotional memory images and the persistence of pain.

Multiple influences prevent recovery from pain. Our viewpoint is that non-conscious emotional memory images (EMIs) triggers outdated stress responses contributing to the intractability of pain. In this perspectives article we […]

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Because I’m happy – positive affect and its predictive value for future disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: a retrospective cohort study.

While the detrimental impact of negative emotions on the clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and quality of life has been extensively investigated, evidence for a potential impact of […]

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Towards data-driven biopsychosocial classification of non-specific chronic low back pain: a pilot study.

The classification of non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) according to multidimensional data could guide clinical management; yet recent systematic reviews show this has not been attempted. This was a […]

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Contribution of µ opioid receptor-expressing dorsal horn interneurons to neuropathic pain-like behavior in mice.

Intersectional genetics have yielded tremendous advances in our understanding of molecularly-identified subpopulations and circuits within the dorsal horn in neuropathic pain. We tested the hypothesis that spinal µ opioid receptor-expressing […]

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Multi-disciplinary community-based group intervention for fibromyalgia: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, mood disturbances, and cognitive impairment. Most individuals with fibromyalgia experience poorly managed symptoms and increased healthcare service use. Multicomponent therapies, with […]

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Immersive virtual reality in orthopaedics-a narrative review.

This narrative review explores the applications and benefits of immersive virtual reality (VR) in orthopaedics, with a focus on surgical training, patient functional recovery, and pain management.

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