Background COVID-19 has challenged health systems worldwide, especially the health
workforce, a pillar crucial for health systems resilience. Therefore, strengthening health …

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 …

Injuries of various types occur commonly in the lives of humans and other animals and lead
to a pattern of persistent pain and recuperative behaviour that allows safe and effective …

Comforting touch involves contact distress-alleviating behaviors of an observer towards the
suffering of a target. A growing number of studies have investigated the effects of touch on …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review synthesizes recent findings related to the
biopsychosocial processes that underlie racial disparities in chronic pain, while highlighting …

Fibromyalgia is a complex and heterogeneous clinical syndrome, mainly characterized by
the presence of widespread pain, possibly associated with a variety of other symptoms …

Background Migraine is a common episodic neurological disorder. Literature has shown that
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) at 1 Hz can significantly relieve …

Pain normally signals a threat to bodily integrity and causes emotional distress. Acute pain
serves a protective function, yet, when pain turns chronic, the protective function is lost. A …

Neuropathic pain can be caused by multiple factors, and its prevalence can reach 10% of
the global population. It is becoming increasingly evident that limited or short-lasting …

Abstract Background and Objective Alterations in the grey matter volume of several brain
regions have been reported in people with chronic pain. The most consistent observation is …