Perspectives on the clinical significance of functional pain syndromes in children

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 675-686

  Basch, Molly C ^a   Chow, Erika T ^a,b   Logan, Deirdre E ^a,c   Schechter, Neil L ^c   Simons, Laura E ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial model; Functional pain; Overlapping chronic pain; Pediatrics; Primary pain disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DYSREGULATION THEORY; FAMILY; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR THEORY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM SENSITIZATION THEORY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEURONAL SENSITIZATION THEORY; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY THEORY; SIGNAL FILTER THEORY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY AMPLIFICATION THEORY; SYMPTOM; THEORY;

EID: 84944052700     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: 11787090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S55586     Document Type: Article

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