A brief overview: sex differences in prevalent chronic musculoskeletal conditions

DS Overstreet, LJ Strath, M Jordan, IA Jordan… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain disorders are some of the most prevalent and disabling chronic
pain conditions worldwide. These chronic conditions have a considerable impact on the …

Psychology of chronic pelvic pain: prevalence, neurobiological vulnerabilities, and treatment

SR Till, S As-Sanie, A Schrepf - Clinical obstetrics and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Patients with pelvic pain suffer from psychological conditions at a disproportionately high
rate compared with their peers. We review environmental, genetic, inflammatory, and …

Who benefits from multimodal rehabilitation–an exploration of pain, psychological distress, and life impacts in over 35,000 chronic pain patients identified in the …

B Gerdle, S Åkerblom, G Brodda Jansen… - Journal of pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Chronic pain patients frequently suffer from psychological symptoms. There is
no consensus concerning the prevalence of severe anxiety and depressive symptoms and …

Extended overview of the longitudinal pain-depression association: a comparison of six cohorts treated for specific chronic pain conditions

F Angst, T Benz, S Lehmann, S Wagner… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The aim was to quantify and to compare the associations between longitudinal
changes in pain and depression in different chronic pain conditions. Methods Data were …

Pain as a risk factor for common mental disorders. Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2: a longitudinal, population-based study

EW De Heer, M Ten Have, HWJ Van Marwijk, J Dekker… - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Pain might be an important risk factor for common mental disorders. Insight into the
longitudinal association between pain and common mental disorders in the general adult …

Bidirectional comorbid associations between back pain and major depression in US adults

H Yang, EL Hurwitz, J Li, K de Luca, P Tavares… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Low back pain and depression have been globally recognized as key public health
problems and they are considered co-morbid conditions. This study explores both cross …

Mechanism underlying painful radiculopathy in patients with lumbar disc herniation

G Samuelly‐Leichtag, E Eisenberg… - … Journal of Pain, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Painful lumbar radiculopathy is a neuropathic pain condition, commonly
attributed to nerve root inflammation/compression by disc herniation. The present …

Prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms among patients with chronic low back pain: a cross-sectional study

Y Hu, Z Yang, Y Li, Y Xu, M Tian, N Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Few studies have focused on depressive symptoms among patients with
chronic low back pain in China. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the …

Delineating sociodemographic, medical and quality of life factors associated with psychological distress in individuals with endometriosis

C Sullivan-Myers, KA Sherman, AP Beath… - Human …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What is the relationship between specific quality of life domains and
depression, anxiety and stress in the endometriosis population? SUMMARY ANSWER …

Identification of DNA methylation associated enrichment pathways in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain

EN Aroke, DS Overstreet, TM Penn… - Molecular …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic low back pain (cLBP) that cannot be attributable to a specific pathoanatomical
change is associated with high personal and societal costs. Still, the underlying mechanism …