The Perceived Meanings of Cancer Pain Inventory was used to measure the cognitive dimension of pain, whereas pain intensity and relief were used to represent the sensory dimension of pain.

Pain and itch are both unpleasant sensations ... ranging from basic sensory processing to higher-order cognition. However, a comprehensive understanding of how a limited number of neurons within ...

Chronic pain is persistent pain that usually lasts for over three months which is usually beyond the usual recovery time for an injury or illness. Chronic pain can persist without a clear cause ...

We argue that pain is not needed to protect the body from damage unless the organism is able to make free choices in action selection. Then pain (including its affective and evaluative aspects) ...

Background Low back pain (LBP) is prevalent among adolescent rowers. This study evaluated the efficacy of a cognitive functional approach to reduce LBP in this population. Methods Thirty-six ...

Patients with chronic postoperative pain exhibited a higher risk for dementia compared with those without chronic postoperative pain.