Central sensitization in chronic pain and medically unexplained symptom research: a systematic review of definitions, operationalizations and measurement …

C den Boer, L Dries, B Terluin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Central sensitization (CS), a mechanism explaining the persistence of symptoms,
has been the focus of many research projects. Explanations given to patients with chronic …

Chronic pain in musculoskeletal diseases: Do you know your enemy?

R Bonanni, I Cariati, V Tancredi, R Iundusi… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Musculoskeletal pain is a condition that characterises several diseases and represents a
constantly growing issue with enormous socio-economic burdens, highlighting the …

Estrogen receptors in pain modulation: cellular signaling

Q Chen, W Zhang, N Sadana, X Chen - Biology of sex Differences, 2021 - Springer
Sensory perception and emotional disorders are disproportionally represented in men and
women and are thus thought to be modulated by different sex hormones in various …

Pain neuroscience education and physical therapeutic exercise for patients with chronic spinal pain in Spanish physiotherapy primary care: a pragmatic randomized …

MA Galan-Martin, F Montero-Cuadrado… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chronic musculoskeletal pain affects more than 20% of the population, leading to high
health care overload and huge spending. The prevalence is increasing and negatively …

A role for superficial heat therapy in the management of non-specific, mild-to-moderate low back pain in current clinical practice: A narrative review

J Freiwald, A Magni, P Fanlo-Mazas, E Paulino… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability. It significantly impacts the patient's
quality of life, limits their daily living activities, and reduces their work productivity. To reduce …

[HTML][HTML] The cellular basis of mechanosensation in mammalian tongue

Y Moayedi, S Xu, SK Obayashi, BU Hoffman… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Mechanosensory neurons that innervate the tongue provide essential information to guide
feeding, speech, and social grooming. We use in vivo calcium imaging of mouse trigeminal …

Insight into pain modulation: nociceptors sensitization and therapeutic targets

A Khan, S Khan, YS Kim - Current drug targets, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Pain is a complex multidimensional concept that facilitates the initiation of the signaling
cascade in response to any noxious stimuli. Action potential generation in the peripheral …

Pain biomarkers in fibromyalgia syndrome: current understanding and future directions

M Favretti, C Iannuccelli, M Di Franco - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia is a complex and heterogeneous clinical syndrome, mainly characterized by
the presence of widespread pain, possibly associated with a variety of other symptoms …

Advances in targeting central sensitization and brain plasticity in chronic pain

AH Bazzari, FH Bazzari - The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry …, 2022 - Springer
Maladaptation in sensory neural plasticity of nociceptive pathways is associated with various
types of chronic pain through central sensitization and remodeling of brain connectivity …

Human stem cell-derived TRPV1-positive sensory neurons: a new tool to study mechanisms of sensitization

K Schrenk-Siemens, J Pohle, C Rostock, M Abd El Hay… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Somatosensation, the detection and transduction of external and internal stimuli such as
temperature or mechanical force, is vital to sustaining our bodily integrity. But still, some of …