In this op-ed, Elisa Clemente, a graduate student and pain researcher at University College London, discusses the problem of ethnic disparities in pain assessment, management and treatment.
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Musculoskeletal Pain: It’s More Than What Happens in the Body
Researchers are increasingly recognizing the importance of multi-sensory integration, education and exercise for pain management.
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Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions: What Do They Share in Common, and What Are the Risk Factors?
Researchers are seeking to understand why chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, temporomandibular disorder and others tend to occur together.
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Including People with Lived Experience of Pain in the Research Process: Do It Early and Often
Investigators studying musculoskeletal pain and other pain conditions have seen the fruits of patient engagement for better research, care and treatment.
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High-Impact Chronic Pain: A Data Visualization
Fifty-million of US adults have chronic pain and 20 million of US adults have high-impact chronic pain (HICP). Age, sex, education level, employment status, and poverty status are major contributors to HICP. Learn more in our first data visualization.