Pain sensitization has a major impact on the perception of pain, affecting both physical function and quality of life (QoL), in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to the results of a ...

Central sensitization may be an important underlying factor that complicates the treatment of chronic pain and opioid use disorders, researchers wrote in PAIN Reports. Orman Trent Hall, DO, an ...

The burden of chronic pain. Source: GoodIdeas / Shutterstock Nerve sensitization often contributes to chronic pain states, such as back pain, migraines, and irritable bowel. Sensitization is an ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Increased colon pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) appears to be related more to "a psychological tendency to report pain," rather than to actual ...

A recent JAMA Neurology study focussed on determining an effective sensorimotor cortical biomarker for pain based on two metrics, namely, PAF and CME. Over the years, many studies have proposed ...

Researchers have identified two biomarkers that can reveal how sensitive an individual is to pain, and may offer new approaches for treating pain. Reporting in JAMA Neurology, scientists found that ...

Dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity, but these differences don’t always match up with the beliefs people – including veterinarians – hold about breed-specific pain sensitivity. The results appear in ...