BACKGROUND There are no standard criteria for defining or assessing severity of fibromyalgia (FM) as a condition as fibromyalgia is associated with multiple symptom domains. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether patient self-reported severity of FM is associated with severity of pain and sleep interference and the presence of core co-morbidities. METHODS We recruited individuals...

Touch gating, the attenuation of tactile sensitivity in the presence of pain, is a well-documented phenomenon, but its mechanism is unknown. The ability of pain to capture attention suggests that touch gating may be an example of distraction, but the fact that pain raises tactile but not auditory thresholds argues that touch gating is a form of somatosensory interaction. Therefore, the present ...

BACKGROUND This article examines the association between smoking and pain intensity and functional interference in a heterogeneous group of patients evaluated at a tertiary outpatient pain clinic. Current smoking is associated with less favorable clinical presentations. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine if the smoking status of patients seen in an outpatient pain clinic is assoc...

Objectives: This study aims to describe the prevalence and characteristics of phantom limb pain and residual limb pain following upper limb amputation. Methods: One-hundred and forty-one participants (139 males; mean age 74.8 years; mean time since amputation 50.1 years) completed a self-report questionnaire assessing residual and phantom limb pain experience. Results: Prevalence of phantom lim...

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) in a mixed chronic pain, Internet sample and sought to develop a valid and reliable short form. Questionnaires were completed by 428 respondents, comprising a sample accessed via the Internet (n=319) and a sample who completed a paper and pencil version of the measures (n=109). Using confirma...

ABSTRACT Introduction Chronic pain is a significant problem for service members and veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). While the root cause of not clearly understood, comorbidities may contribute to how their disrupts functional status, construct termed “pain interference.” The purpose this study examine associations between mTBI, other comorbidities, interference. Materials Meth...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional psychometric testing in a sample of patients with low back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the construct, convergent, and discriminative validity of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) in patients with LBP. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The BPI was originally developed to assess cancer pain. Currently, it is commonly used to measure pain inten...

Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the long-term results of revision ORIF, jointcontracture release, and autogenous bone-grafting in the treatment of distal humerus frac-ture nonunions in older agedpatients with poor bone quality or bone loss who would have been candidates for total elbow arthroplasty.Methods: Seven patients (average age at inde...

Background Persistent oro-facial pain (POFP) is disabling, and patients’ treatment outcomes are difficult to predict; psychosocial factors play a role. The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) self-report measure, which our knowledge, has not been studied across primary secondary care in heterogeneous POFP. Objective Assess the MPI’s ability predict clinical outcome POFP patien...