The Clinical journal of pain

OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis, a painful chronic gynecologic condition, contributes to disruptions in multiple areas of life for both those affected and their partner. Pain catastrophizing has been associated with worse pain outcomes and qualit…

OBJECTIVES: Central sensitization (CS) contributes to patient variability when treating pain in endometriosis. Targeting this process may alleviate hyperalgesia and allodynia in women refractory to current treatments. Currently, there has b…

OBJECTIVE: The impact of pain on quality of life and mental health of women with endometriosis is well known. However, the role that personality traits and coping strategies might have in influencing pain experience is still poorly understo…

OBJECTIVES: To determine if pain catastrophizing is independently associated with pain health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in women with endometriosis, independent of potential confounders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Analysis of cross-sectio…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) encompasses disorders with overlapping symptoms in a spectrum of structural pathology from persistent somatic nociception (eg, osteoarthritis) to absence of tissue injury such as…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of capsaicin receptor [transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1)] in the peritoneum of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHODS: A case-control study was conducted on 25 women with …