A prognostic approach to defining chronic pain has been proposed as an alternative to
traditional definitions based on retrospective duration of pain. While this new approach …

Chronic pain has been traditionally defined by pain duration, but this approach has limited
empirical support and does not account for chronic pain's multi-dimensionality. This study …

Background Chronic musculoskeletal pain is highly prevalent, disabling, and costly, and has
many negative effects on quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate factors …

Background Many patients reporting musculoskeletal pain present to Primary Care
Physiotherapy with costly comorbid overlapping complaints that remain medically …

Objectives. The objective of this study was to compare ecological and recalled pain intensity
assessments over 29 days in hip and knee osteoarthritis (O) and chronic low back pain (L) …

Abstract Objective The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uses the 11-point pain numeric
rating scale (NRS) to gather pain intensity information from veterans at outpatient …

Background Patients with non-specific back pain are not a homogeneous group but
heterogeneous with regard to their bio-psycho-social impairments. This study examined a …

Study Design. Nonrandomized longitudinal observational study. Objective. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the association between baseline pain duration and medium-to-long …

Background Self-report information about pain and pain beliefs are often collected during
initial consultation for musculoskeletal pain. These data may provide utility beyond the initial …

Background Numerous instruments are available to measure the impact of chronic pain, yet
most have been developed with little or no patient involvement. This study seeks to start …