Physicians, policymakers, and researchers are increasingly focused on finding ways to
decrease opioid use and overdose in the United States both of which have sharply …

Objective. With the increasing societal awareness of the prevalence and impact of acute
pain, there is a need to develop an acute pain classification system that both reflects …

Post-surgical opioid prescribing intended for the short-term management of acute pain may
lead to long-term opioid use. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of …

Introduction: The objective of the present feasibility study was to investigate the use of a new
treatment modality—percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS)—in controlling the …

Background Consensus indicates that a comprehensive, multimodal, holistic approach is
foundational to the practice of acute pain medicine (APM), but lack of uniform, evidence …

One of the key ambitions of neuroimaging-based pain biomarker research is to augment
patient and clinician reporting of clinically relevant phenomena with neural measures for …

BACKGROUND Pain catastrophizing is a maladaptive response to pain that amplifies
chronic pain intensity and distress. Few studies have examined how pain catastrophizing …

Objective To examine demographic features, psychosocial characteristics, pain-specific
behavioral factors, substance abuse history, sleep, and indicators of overall physical …

Objectives. Patients taking opioids prior to surgery experience prolonged postoperative
opioid use, worse clinical outcomes, increased pain, and more postoperative complications …

Housing insecurity is associated with co-occurring depression and pain interfering with daily
activities. Network analysis of depressive symptoms along with associated risk or protective …