The nature of the transition from acute to chronic pain still eludes explanation, but chronic
pain resulting from surgery provides a natural experiment that invites clinical …

Pain and stress share significant conceptual and physiological overlaps. Both phenomena
challenge the body's homeostasis and necessitate decision-making to help animals adapt to …

Background: Interventions aimed at modifying behavior for promoting health and disease
management are traditionally resource intensive and difficult to scale. Mobile health apps …

Background The experience sampling method (ESM) builds an intensive time series of
experiences and contexts in the flow of daily life, typically consisting of around 70 reports …

Self-reported pain intensity assessments are central to chronic pain research. Ecological
momentary assessment (EMA) methodologies are uniquely positioned to collect these data …

Stress and pain are interleaved at multiple levels-interacting and influencing each other.
Both are modulated by psychosocial factors including fears, beliefs, and goals, and are …

Objective This review aims to provide an overview of ecological momentary assessment
(EMA) studies analyzing stress reactivity during daily life in terms of direct and moderated …

Research into the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms involved in fibromyalgia
has progressed remarkably in recent years. Despite this, current accounts of fibromyalgia fail …

Functional somatic syndromes (FSS) include fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
and others. In FSS patients, merely viewing negative affective pictures can elicit increased …

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between perceived stress and
odds of low-back pain (LBP) in a population of Danish healthcare workers. Methods …