Introduction Gender equity and gender medicine are opportunities not to be missed, and this
Expert Group Opinion Paper on pain in women aims to review the treatment of pain …

Chronic pain is a major socioeconomic burden globally. The most frequent origin of chronic
pain is musculoskeletal. In inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases such as rheumatoid …

Chronic pain is a burdensome and prevalent symptom in individuals with rheumatic disease.
The International Association for the Study of Pain classifies pain into 3 descriptive …

Objective Acupuncture is a complex multicomponent treatment that has shown promise in
the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM). However, clinical trials have shown mixed results …

Long COVID can sometimes be attributed to organ damage and well‐characterized
pathophysiology, but more often there is no evidence of organ damage or abnormal …

The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to directly compare disease-
relevant cerebral pain processing in well-characterized patient cohorts of fibromyalgia (FM …

Purpose The glymphatic system is a fluid exchange pathway that clears waste products that
is crucial for the maintenance of brain homeostasis. However, the exact role it plays in the …

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with a high prevalence of psychiatric
disorders. There are specific brain networks responsible for emotional processes, including …

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder primarily diagnosed in women.
Historically, clinical literature focusing on cytokines and immune cells has been inconsistent …

Objective Central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) comprises various symptoms caused by
central sensitisation (CS). Using the central sensitisation inventory (CSI), a screening …