This review discusses the most common forms of temporomandibular disorders: myofascial
pain disorder, intra-articular disk derangement disorders, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid …

Objective This review summarizes the scientific literature relating to the use of quantitative
sensory testing (QST) for mechanism-based pain management. Design A literature search …

Chronic pain is a classic example of gene× environment interaction: inflammatory and/or
nerve injuries are known or suspected to be the etiology of most chronic pain syndromes …

Experimental determination of pain sensitivity has received increasing attention because of
emerging clinical applications (including prediction of postoperative pain and treatment …

While animal studies suggest that neonatal pain experiences induce long-term alterations in
pain sensitivity, no such data exist in humans. Changes in pain sensitivity in school-aged …

Many studies report that people with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are more sensitive
to experimental pain stimuli than TMD-free controls. Such differences in sensitivity are …

Recently, a self-rating measure for pain perception based on imagined painful daily life
situations, the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ), has been developed and shown to …

Context Persistent pain is common after surgical treatment of breast cancer, but fairly little is
known about the changes in sensory processing that accompany such pain syndromes …

Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 46, No. 8, pp. 1640–1647, 2014. The hypoalgesic effects of acute
exercise are well documented. However, the effect of chronic exercise training on pain …

The μ-opioid receptor (OPRM1) is the principal receptor target for both endogenous and
exogenous opioid analgesics. There are substantial individual differences in human …