Measures of pain-related interpretation bias reflect a shared underlying construct in adults with chronic pain.
A first-of-its-kind European consensus puts pain management at the center of acute pancreatitis care, including opioids, epidurals, and special populations.
Accurate assessment of chronic pain relies on capturing both qualitative and spatial aspects of the patient’s experience. Traditional pen-and-paper pain drawings allow individuals to shade regions of ...
I have been in pain every day since I was 20 years old because of what I now know to be a genetic disorder of my connective tissue. As a result, I’ve been asked approximately one zillion times by ...
Pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or [is] described in terms of such damage” when there is no physical derangement. 1 The ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a rare clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...
Primary care doctors, rheumatologists, pain management specialists, and psychiatrists may be involved in helping individuals manage lower back pain. Lower back pain is a common and often debilitating ...