Pain catastrophizing is conceptualized as a negative cognitive–affective response to
anticipated or actual pain and has been associated with a number of important pain-related …

Literature suggests that pain perception diminishes in old age. The most recent review used
search strategies conducted over a decade ago and concluded that study findings were …

Chronic pain is a demoralizing situation that confronts the sufferer not only with the stress
created by pain but with many other ongoing difficulties that compromise all aspects of his or …

Alterations in neural activity due to pain and injury in early development may produce long-
term effects on sensory processing and future responses to pain. To investigate persistent …

Sex differences in response to experimental pain are commonly reported in systematic
reviews in the adult literature. The objective of the present research was to conduct a …

Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To determine the typical trajectory
of pain during the first 6 months after spinal fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis …

Background: It is well known that functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are associated with
anxiety and depression. However, evidence is lacking about how they are related to FSS …

Objective To examine associations between parental history of pain and catastrophizing and
their adolescent's pain, somatic symptoms, catastrophizing, and disability. Methods …

Background Laboratory studies with children and adolescents revealed inconsistent findings
regarding sex differences in pain tolerance, although lower pain tolerance is commonly …

The cold pressor task (CPT) is an ethical experimental pain task widely used by pediatric
pain researchers to examine a variety of important theoretical and clinical questions. The …