Chronic pain exerts an enormous personal and economic burden, affecting more than 30%
of people worldwide according to some studies. Unlike acute pain, which carries survival …

Nociplastic pain is the semantic term suggested by the international community of pain
researchers to describe a third category of pain that is mechanistically distinct from …

This guideline provides recommendations for clinicians providing pain care, including those
prescribing opioids, for outpatients aged≥ 18 years. It updates the CDC Guideline for …

Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth
worldwide. It is a chronic, inflammatory, gynecologic disease marked by the presence of …

Importance Chronic back pain (CBP) is a leading cause of disability, and treatment is often
ineffective. Approximately 85% of cases are primary CBP, for which peripheral etiology …

The nature and extent of persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms after COVID-19 are not
established. To help inform mental health service planning in the pandemic recovery phase …

Background and purpose Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an extremely painful condition which
can be difficult to diagnose and treat. In Europe, TN patients are managed by many different …

Background Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally, but
most interventions have only short-lasting, small to moderate effects. Cognitive functional …

Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory system, including
peripheral fibres (Aβ, Aδ and C fibres) and central neurons, and affects 7–10% of the …

Background Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting beyond normal tissue healing time,
generally taken to be 12 weeks. It contributes to disability, anxiety, depression, sleep …