Sluka KA — Endo Lab

2023

Influence of routine exercise on the peripheral immune system to prevent and alleviate pain.

Neurobiology of pain (Cambridge, Mass.) ·doi:10.1016/j.ynpai.2023.100126

Routine physical activity reduces the onset of pain and exercise is a first line treatment for individuals who develop chronic pain. In both preclinical and clinical research regular exercise (routine exercise sessions) produces pain relief…

2023

Predicting chronic postsurgical pain: current evidence and a novel program to develop predictive biomarker signatures.

Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002938

AbstractChronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans. Treatments remain inadequate, in large part, because the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the development of chronic pain remain poorly understood. Pain biomarkers could p…

2016

Neurobiology of fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain.

Neuroscience ·doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.006

Fibromyalgia is the current term for chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain for which no alternative cause can be identified. The underlying mechanisms, in both human and animal studies, for the continued pain in individuals with fibromyal…