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Papers: 26 Jun 2021 - 2 Jul 2021

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2021 Jun 30


Clin J Pain

Does Quantitative Sensory Testing Improve Prediction of Chronic Pain Trajectories? A Longitudinal Study of Youth with Functional Abdominal Pain Participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment.

Abstract

Youth with functional abdominal pain (FAP) experience significant pain-related distress and functional impairment. Although quantitative sensory testing protocols have identified alterations in pain modulatory systems that distinguish youth with FAP from healthy controls, the extent to which evoked pain responses predict subsequent trajectories of pain symptoms and disability over and above established psychosocial risk factors is unclear.