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Classification of Chronic Pain: Descriptions of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms

Harold Merskey
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The article was published on 1994-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3917 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chronic pain & Psychogenic disease.

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Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention

Henrik Kehlet, +2 more
- 13 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: Strategies for identification of patients at risk and for prevention and possible treatment of this important entity of chronic pain are outlined.
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The patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008

David Cella, +21 more
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
TL;DR: The first large-scale testing of PROMIS item banks and their short forms provide evidence that they are reliable and precise measures of generic symptoms and functional reports comparable to legacy instruments.

CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain

Tamara M. Haegerich, +2 more
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The Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain: Scientific Advances and Future Directions

Robert J. Gatchel, +4 more
- 01 Jan 2007 - 
TL;DR: A review of the basic neuroscience processes of pain (the bio part of biopsychosocial, as well as the psychosocial factors, is presented) and on the development of new technologies, such as brain imaging, that provide new insights into brain-pain mechanisms.
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Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

Roger Chou, +20 more
- 01 Feb 2009 - 
TL;DR: Safe and effective chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain requires clinical skills and knowledge in both the principles of opioid prescribing and on the assessment and management of risks associated with opioid abuse, addiction, and diversion.