Individual Differences in Pain in Various Populations
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 9746
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pain affects any individuals at any life stages, and often leads to significant reductions of their quality of life and functions. While research has advanced our knowledge on pain over the decades, there is still a great need of resarch to better understand individual differences in pain, and factors that may help explain the individual diffences in pain using interdiciplinary approaches. For this Special Issue “Individual Differences in Pain in Various Populations” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, we invite manuscripts that examine individual differences in pain in various populations. The potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, investigations of 1) individual differences in clinical pain and/or laboratory pain sensitivity by demographic factors (e.g., sex/gender, age, race/ethnicity, etc.), clinical factors (e.g., with/without chronic pain and/or other clinical conditions, etc.), and psychobehavioral factors (e.g., exercise/fitness levels, mood states, etc.), and 2) associations between clinical pain/laboratory pain sensitivity and relevant biobehavioral factors. Furthermore, investigations that attempt to examine what underlie the individual differences in pain will be highly relevant to this special issue. In addition to original, data-driven manuscripts, rigorous reviews of the relevant literature (e.g., systematic review, meta-analytic review, etc.) may also be considered. Submissions from any fields (e.g., behavioral science, clinical science, neuroscience, epidemiology, etc.) are welcome. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed by experts in the field, and are due in December 2021.
Submissions are still accepted after the Deadline (31 December 2021)
Dr. Masataka Umeda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pain sensitivity
- pain experiences
- sex differences
- older adults
- children
- clinical populations
- obesity
- lifestyle factors
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