Pain and stress share significant conceptual and physiological overlaps. Both phenomena
challenge the body's homeostasis and necessitate decision-making to help animals adapt to …

Chronic pain is typically defined as pain that persists after acute tissue damage and
inflammation or as pain that follows a chronic disease process and lasts more than three …

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the increase in psychosomatic
complaints during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the factors associated with …

Background Previous research has demonstrated a correlation between chronic stress and
chronic pain (CP). However, there have been few studies examining the prospective …

Long-term stress causes hyperalgesia; and there are gender differences in the mechanism
of pain in male and female individuals. The role of gut microbiota in pain has also been …

Objectives: Identify the indications and contraindications of pain assessment. Describe the
techniques for assessing pain. Outline the appropriate evaluation of the clinical significance …

Objective Psychological trauma is a well-known risk factor for the onset of persistent somatic
symptoms (PSS). In contrast, little is known on the relation between potentially traumatic …

Objectives We studied the developmental trajectories of multisite musculoskeletal pain
(MSP) to learn whether pain in midlife persists to old age, and whether pain trajectories …

Background Chronic pain enhances sensory sensitivity and induces the biased
development of psychological traits such as depression and pain catastrophizing, leading to …

Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons that patients seek medical attention, and
affects more than 20 percent of adults and 6 percent of children in the United States alone [1 …