Pain-related factors associated with lost work days in nurses with low back pain: A cross-sectional study
Conclusion The findings provide important new information regarding what is (and of equal importance) what is not associated with LWDs in nurses with LBP. Implications To effectively reduce LBP-related work disability, interventions may need to teach nurses how to better manage constant pain and remain active despite pain, rather than focus on pain reduction. Research to examine the potential efficacy of such treatment approaches for nurses with LBP is warranted. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - December 18, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Associative learning mechanisms may trigger increased burden of chronic pain; unlearning and extinguishing learned maladaptive responses should help chronic pain patients
Publication date: April 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 11 Author(s): Harald Breivik (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - December 16, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Delayed diagnosis and worsening of pain following orthopedic surgery in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Conclusions and implications A mean time delay of 3.9 years before diagnosis of CRPS is unacceptable. A lack of attention to more subtle signs of autonomic dysfunction may be an important contributing factor for the missing CRPS diagnosis, in particular serious in patients reporting worsening of pain following subsequent orthopedic surgery. It is strongly recommended to consider the diagnosis of CRPS in all patients with a long-lasting pain condition. We emphasize that the present report is not meant as criticism to orthopedic surgical practice, but as a discussion for a hopefully increased awareness and understanding of t...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - December 3, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
Mechanisms of cognitive impairment in chronic pain patients can now be studied preclinically by inducing cognitive deficits with an experimental animal model of chronic neuropathic pain
Publication date: January 2016 Source:Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 10 Author(s): Antti Pertovaara (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - December 2, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
When touch predicts pain: predictive tactile cues modulate perceived intensity of painful stimulation independent of expectancy
Conclusion We conclude that pain-associated tactile cues can influence pain, and that this effect is not dependent on stimulus duration. This suggests that explicit expectation is not a requirement for predictive cues to modulate pain. That the presence of the CS+ resulted in only a 5.3% higher intensity rating compared with the CS− may reflect a limitation of laboratory studies, where a limited number of trials, an artificial context and the use of experimental pain are likely to reveal only glimpses of what is clinically possible. Implications Pain-associated visual and auditory cues have been shown to enhance pain i...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - December 2, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research
