Our understanding of chronic pain involves complex brain circuits that include sensory,
emotional, cognitive and interoceptive processing. The feed-forward interactions between …

Persistent and disabling pain is the hallmark of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
fibromyalgia, and various other rheumatologic conditions. However, disease severity (as …

Background Non‐specific chronic low back pain disorders have been proven resistant to
change, and there is still a lack of clear evidence for one specific treatment intervention …

Chronic pain after breast cancer treatment is a major clinical problem, affecting 25 to 60% of
patients. Development of chronic pain after breast cancer treatment, as well as other surgical …

This consensus statement summarizes key contemporary research themes relevant to
understanding the psychology and socioculture of sport injury. Special consideration is …

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic syndrome characterized by widespread pain and other
physical and psychological features. In this study, we aimed to analyze the effect of a low …

The physiotherapy, manual therapy and medical professions have long focused on trying to
find the magic 'technique','muscle','injection'or 'surgical technique'required to solve the …

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies link functional abdominal pain (FAP) to anxiety and
depression in childhood, but no prospective study has evaluated psychiatric status in …

Objective Osteoarthritis (OA), a chronic degenerative joint disorder, is characterized by joint
pain. Emerging research demonstrates that a significant number of patients evidence central …

Persistent postmastectomy pain (PPMP) is increasingly recognized as a major individual
and public health problem. Although previous studies have investigated surgical, medical …