Chronic Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Motor Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 3159
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic pain is one of the most common interdisciplinary health problems worldwide, and can lead to somatic and mental complications, including depression and even suicide attempts. The identification of pain etiology can be challenging; thus, standard pharmacological management may not be satisfactory. Despite the significant advances made in understanding the molecular basis of pain generation, imaging the brain areas related to pain regulation and understanding the mechanisms leading to pain chronification, pain therapy can still fail.
This Special Issue of Brain Sciences aims to present a comprehensive collection of studies detailing the most recent advancements in the field of chronic pain.
Authors are invited to submit original research and reviews that address a broad range of topics related to various types of chronic pain, including neuropathic, nociceptive, musculoskeletal, inflammatory and psychogenic pain.
We welcome manuscripts that address the following areas:
- The diagnosis, evaluation and clinical monitoring of pain, considering the role of the multidisciplinary character of chronic pain conditions.
- The pharmacological treatment of pain, particularly considering non-oral medications, e.g., topical agents, botulinum toxin and nerve blocks.
- The non-pharmacological management of chronic pain, including neuromodulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, occupational therapy, as well as surgical intervention, e.g., spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation and intrathecal pain pumps.
- Computer-based technologies for pain assessment and modulation: virtual reality and other immersive systems, applications for patients and healthcare professionals, home-based devices and others.
- The consequences of chronic pain, with a particular emphasis on psychiatric complications.
- Methods for the prevention of pain chronification and drug overuse.
We cordially invite you to submit contributions to this Special Issue that will disseminate vital knowledge on this crucial and undertreated clinical problem.
Dr. Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic pain
- pain pharmacotherapy
- botulinum toxin for pain
- neuropathic pain
- pain chronification
- brain stimulation for pain
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