Background: Chronic pain has been considered as a biopsychosocial condition in which
cognitive and emotional factors as well as biological factors significantly affect perception of …

Evidence suggests that self-efficacy can play an essential role as a protective factor as well
as a mediator in the relationship between pain and disability in people suffering from chronic …

Objectives: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major health issue, yet its underlying
mechanisms remain unknown. Studies have demonstrated the importance of emotion and …

Advances in computational neuroimaging techniques have expanded the armamentarium of
imaging tools available for clinical applications in clinical neuroscience. Non-invasive, in …

Purpose: The remodeling of functional neuronal connectivity in chronic widespread pain
(CWP) patients remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to investigate functional …

Endometriosis is a chronic pain disorder that affects young women, impairing their physical,
mental and social well-being. Apart from personal suffering, it imposes a significant …

Objective Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) report pain despite excellent control
of inflammation with immunotherapies. Variable degrees of coexisting fibromyalgia (FM) …

Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is disabling to individuals and burdensome to society.
A relationship between telomere length and resilience was reported in individuals with …

Objective To conduct a comprehensive search for evidence with regard to whether central
sensitization after an injury can act as a persistent autonomous pain generator after the …

Pain remains one of the most common and costly health conditions in the developed world,
and sex and gender differences in the experience of pain are well-documented …