Evaluating psychosocial contributions to chronic pain outcomes

SM Meints, RR Edwards - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The biopsychosocial model of pain dominates the scientific community's understanding of
chronic pain. Indeed, the biopsychosocial approach describes pain and disability as a …

Racial and ethnic differences in the experience and treatment of noncancer pain

SM Meints, A Cortes, CA Morais, RR Edwards - Pain management, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The burden of pain is unequal across racial and ethnic groups. In addition to racial and
ethnic differences in the experience of pain, there are racial and ethnic disparities in the …

Psychological interventions for the treatment of chronic pain in adults

MA Driscoll, RR Edwards, WC Becker… - … Science in the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The high prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain, its undertreatment, and disparities
in its management have contributed to the acknowledgment of chronic pain as a serious …

[HTML][HTML] Sex and race differences in pain sensitization among patients with chronic low back pain

SM Meints, V Wang, RR Edwards - The Journal of Pain, 2018 - Elsevier
Growing evidence suggests that chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with pain
sensitization, and that there are sex and race disparities in CLBP. Given the sex and race …

Poverty and pain: Low-SES people are believed to be insensitive to pain

KM Summers, JC Deska, SM Almaraz… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Across 10 experiments (N= 1584), we investigated biases in assumptions about
pain sensitivity as an explanation for pain treatment disparities across socioeconomic status …

Behavioral, cognitive, and emotional coping strategies of women with endometriosis: a critical narrative review

C Zarbo, A Brugnera, L Frigerio, C Malandrino… - Archives of women's …, 2018 - Springer
Endometriosis is a disabling and long-term medical condition affecting quality of life and
mental health. Behavioral, cognitive, and emotional coping strategies, emotional …

Sex differences in pain responses

RE Sorge, LJ Strath - Current Opinion in Physiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Sex and gender influence assessment, attribution and dismissal of
pain.•Differences have been identified in the activity of immune cells in pain …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress on the mechanism of chronic neuropathic pain

C Cui, H Liu, N Yue, Y Du, L Che, J Yu - IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) refers to pain that lasts for more than three months due to a
disease or an injury to the somatosensory nervous system. The incidence of CNP has been …

Movement-evoked pain, physical function, and perceived stress: An observational study of ethnic/racial differences in aging non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic …

S Booker, J Cardoso, Y Cruz-Almeida, KT Sibille… - Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a pervasive musculoskeletal condition, often
exacerbated by movement-evoked pain (MEP). Despite established research demonstrating …

Racial differences in pain, nutrition, and oxidative stress

LJ Strath, RE Sorge - Pain and Therapy, 2022 - Springer
Investigating the disproportionate rates of chronic pain and their related comorbidities
between Black and non-Hispanic White (White) individuals is a growing area of interest …