Articles on Alcohol Alcohol has long been understood to reduce pain intensity and increase pain threshold. What effect and relief can it deliver to someone experiencing chronic pain? In ‘Expectancy of Alcohol Analgesia Moderates Perception of Pain Relief Following Acute Alcohol Intake’ PRICE affiliate Jeff Boissoneault, alongside other…
Unraveling the Mysteries of Translational Pain Research: Exploring Clinical Research. Join us for an interesting evening of dialogue where current clinical pain research is presented. The goal is to stimulate ideas and identify potential collaborators!
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Promotions and Presentations This coming weekend, Roger Fillingim will be presenting at the 30th annual Napa Pain Conference in Napa, CA. He will be delivering a presentation on the optimization of patient-provider interactions to enhance pain care, as well as a presentation surrounding Nociplastic Pain. Learn more…
New Beginnings and Award Winners! We wish to extend a fond farewell to PRICE research technician, Josue Cardoso, who after 9 years with UF, has gained a position at the Pennsylvania State University. Congratulations and good luck! PRICE affiliate, Aaron Mickle, has been awarded…
New Article on Brain-Predicted Age Difference Brain-predicted age differences are calculated by finding the difference between chronological age and brain age, which is estimated using neuroimaging data. Though findings tend to show higher results from individuals who live with chronic pain, articles exist arguing the opposite. In “Brain-predicted…
New Review in Gender Affirming Care PRICE affiliates, Mark Bishop and Meryl Alappattu worked alongside UF Librarian Jane Morgan-Daniel in the article, ‘Pain and Dysfunction Reported after Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Scoping Review’ which was recently published in Physical Therapy. Eighty-seven articles discussing feminizing procedures, as well as thirty-one…
New Publications In Neighborhood Deprivation and Oxycodone Reward Behaviors Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease of the knee that usually results from the progressive loss of articular cartilage. An estimated 250 people worldwide suffer from it, with older adults experiencing the greater likelihood of having it. …
New Publication Around The Evidence-Practice Gap How do treatment decisions differ between countries? Would the treatment methods used by dentists in Brazil differ from those on a different continent and are those decisions based on the most current evidence-based recommendations? In ‘Evidence-Practice Gap in Treatment Recommendations for Proximal…
Newly Publication Concerning EMAs Ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) collect data repeatedly throughout an individual’s standard day, measuring their behaviors and experiences in real time, in their natural environment. In Experiences and Perceptions of Using Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment for Reporting Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms, Roger Fillingim, alongside…
