Central sensitization: implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain

CJ Woolf - pain, 2011 - Elsevier
Nociceptor inputs can trigger a prolonged but reversible increase in the excitability and
synaptic efficacy of neurons in central nociceptive pathways, the phenomenon of central …

The neuropathic component in persistent postsurgical pain: a systematic literature review

S Haroutiunian, L Nikolajsen, NB Finnerup, TS Jensen - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
Persistent postsurgical pain (PPSP) is a frequent and often disabling complication of many
surgical procedures. Nerve injury–induced neuropathic pain (NeuP) has repeatedly been …

I. Defining persistent post-surgical pain: is an update required?

MU Werner, UE Kongsgaard - British journal of anaesthesia, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Severe persistent post-surgical pain (PPP) affects 2–10% of adults undergoing surgery, 1
corresponding to at least 140 000 patients per year presenting with disabling pain in the UK …

Cutaneous sensory block area, muscle-relaxing effect, and block duration of the transversus abdominis plane block: a randomized, blinded, and placebo-controlled …

K Støving, C Rothe, CV Rosenstock… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2015 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a widely used
nerve block. However, basic block characteristics are poorly described. The purpose of this …

The progression from acute to chronic pain

P Lavand'homme - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
A dynamic view of both physiological and psychological response of an individual after
injury (trauma, surgery) should improve our ability to target predisposed patients who might …

Preventive analgesia

JB Dahl, H Kehlet - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Preventive analgesia : Current Opinion in Anesthesiology Preventive analgesia : Current
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[HTML][HTML] Somatosensory function and pain in extremely preterm young adults from the UK EPICure cohort: sex-dependent differences and impact of neonatal surgery

SM Walker, A Melbourne, H O'Reilly… - British journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Surgery or multiple procedural interventions in extremely preterm neonates
influence neurodevelopmental outcome and may be associated with long-term changes in …

Postoperative pain trajectories and pain chronification—an empirical typology of pain patients

A Althaus, O Arránz Becker, KH Moser, EA Lux… - Pain …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background High intensity of acute postsurgical pain is one of the strongest predictors of
chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP). We investigated if different types of patients with distinct …

Contralateral sensory and pain perception changes in patients with unilateral neuropathy

E Enax-Krumova, N Attal, D Bouhassira… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To test whether contralateral sensory abnormalities in the clinically unaffected
area of patients with unilateral neuropathic pain are due to the neuropathy or pain …

Radial nerve mobilization decreases pain sensitivity and improves motor performance in patients with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled …

JH Villafañe, GB Silva, MD Bishop… - Archives of physical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Villafañe JH, Silva GB, Bishop MD, Fernandez-Carnero J. Radial nerve mobilization
decreases pain sensitivity and improves motor performance in patients with thumb …