Purpose: Since the early 1990s, numerous prospective studies have been published on the
determinants of chronic disability related to low back pain (LBP) of non-specific origin whose …

Kritische Lebensereignisse gehören zum Erfahrungshorizont fast aller Menschen. Es gilt zu
präzisieren, was Ereignisse als kritisch ausweist und welchen Platz sie jeweils im Leben …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Chronic opioid therapy for chronic pain treatment has
increased. Hospital physicians, including hospitalists and medical/surgical resident …

Objective: Childhood abuse, stressful life events, and depression have been repeatedly
reported to correlate with chronic pain, but little is known about the mutual relationships …

Although less recognized than other disruptions in functioning, individuals with chronic pain
frequently display disturbances in eating associated with pain, changes in appetite …

Chronic pain is common in persons with HIV and is often associated with psychiatric illness
and substance abuse. Current literature links psychiatric illness and substance abuse with …

Background Acute stress can have an effect on pain sensitivity, yet the direction of the effect–
whether it is hypoalgesic or hyperalgesic–is mixed across studies. Moreover, which part of …

Previous research has demonstrated an association between lifetime exposure to adverse
events and chronic back pain (CBP), but the nature of this relationship has not been fully …

Chronic daily headache (CDH), when defined as≥ 15 headache days per month, affects 3-
5% of the adult population. Major life changes are putative precipitating events for onset of …

Cada día son más abundantes los estudios que muestran que los factores psicológicos
juegan un papel clave en el proceso del dolor. Desde el campo del dolor se ha importado el …