The Clinical journal of pain
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To determine the specific factors that affect Internet headache diary compliance among youth with primary headaches. ⋯ Specific factors predict Internet-based headache diary compliance. Further research about the factors related to diary compliance and the optimization of diary-based data collection is warranted.
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Social interactions can influence the experience and impact of chronic pain. Children and adolescents expectations of how others respond to them could therefore influence their adjustment to pain. This study examined how children and adolescents expected their peers and teachers would react to classmates with chronic pain. ⋯ The results of this study have important practical implications, given the well-known importance of significant other's responses to chronic pain problems. Further research is needed to understand how social interactions at school may influence functioning of children with chronic pain and their development. This information could provide an important empirical basis for determining how best to manage individuals with chronic pain problems in the school setting.
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This case-control study explored pain experience and expression among individuals with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) through parental report, tactile sensory testing, and infrared thermography (IRT). ⋯ Ongoing reported pain was a problem for the children with NCL in this sample. Increased pain expression during the repeated Von Frey filament suggests that the pathophysiology of the ongoing pain may be centrally mediated.
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Clinical Trial
SCN9A Variants may be Implicated in Neuropathic Pain Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Pain Severity.
Previous studies have established the role of SCN9A in various pain conditions, including idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. In the present study, we interrogate the relationship between common and rare variants in SCN9A gene and chronic neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. ⋯ The association of SCN9A variants with neuropathic pain and pain severity suggests a role of SCN9A in the disease etiology of neuropathic pain.