Abreu-Mendes P

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
article 2025
Exploring the value of a well-established conditioned pain modulation paradigm in women: a Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) study
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3389/fpain.2025.1439563

BACKGROUND: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is considered a human proxy for descending inhibitory pain pathways. However, there is wide variation in the CPM response described in the literature and ongoing debate about its utility. METHO…

preprint 2024
Symptom flares: a clinically important but under-explored challenge for women with chronic pelvic pain
·doi:10.22541/au.172146589.95819306/v1

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and experience of symptom flares in women with Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) as well as their triggers Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire within the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain clinical coho…

other 2024
Symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain: Questionnaire study within a cohort study (translational research in pelvic pain (TRiPP))
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/1471-0528.17915

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the variation, triggers and impact on quality of life of symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). DESIGN: Cross-sectional questionnaire within the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain clinical cohort …

other 2023
Comprehensive quantitative sensory testing shows altered sensory function in women with chronic pelvic pain: results from the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) Study
Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002955

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP), despite its high prevalence, is still relatively poorly understood mechanistically. This study, as part of the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) project, has used a full quantitative sensory testing (Q…