Ethnic differences in pain tolerance: clinical implications in a chronic pain populationR R Edwards
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 1170, USA
Psychosom Med 63:316-23. 2001
..The present experiment examined the effects of ethnicity (African American vs. white) on experimental pain tolerance and adjustment to chronic pain...
- Age-related differences in endogenous pain modulation: a comparison of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in healthy older and younger adults
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 218, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 101:155-65. 2003
..If replicated, such findings of reduced pain-modulatory capacity in the elderly may partially explain age-related differences in the prevalence, severity, and impact of chronic pain...
- The relationship of sex and clinical pain to experimental pain responses
R B Fillingim
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 1170, USA
Pain 83:419-25. 1999
..These results indicate that experimental pain responses may be more clinically relevant for females than males. Potential explanations and implications for this pattern of results are discussed...
- Sex-dependent effects of reported familial pain history on recent pain complaints and experimental pain responses
R B Fillingim
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 1170, USA
Pain 86:87-94. 2000
..Higher levels of hypervigilance accounted for some of the family history effects on recent pain complaints but not experimental pain measures. Potential mechanisms underlying these effects of family history among females are discussed...
- The effects of aging on information-processing channels in the sense of touch: III. Differential sensitivity to changes in stimulus intensity
G A Gescheider
Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York 13323, USA
Somatosens Mot Res 13:73-80. 1996
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- Age-associated differences in responses to noxious stimuli
R R Edwards
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M180-5. 2001
..In addition, the absence of a relationship between blood pressure and ischemic pain responses in older adults may suggest potential functional decrements in at least one endogenous pain-modulatory system...
The association of the cortisol awakening response with experimental pain ratingsL A Fabian
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:1247-51. 2009
..Attenuated CAR was related to greater pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings. Future research should examine this association across various pain populations...
Catastrophizing and pain-coping in young adults: associations with depressive symptoms and headache painLuis F Buenaver
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Pain 9:311-9. 2008
..These data suggest that catastrophizing may require the presence of a pain condition before its detrimental effects are exerted...
- Styles of pain coping predict cardiovascular function following a cold pressor test
Robert R Edwards
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 101, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain Res Manag 10:219-22. 2005
..While many studies have examined the impact of pain-related coping in adjustment to chronic pain, relatively few have evaluated the physiological consequences of differences in pain-coping styles...
- Associations between catastrophizing and endogenous pain-inhibitory processes: sex differences
Burel R Goodin
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
J Pain 10:180-90. 2009
..Whether interventions that reduce pain catastrophizing affect pain outcomes via effects on DNIC is in need of investigation...
- Endogenous opioids, blood pressure, and diffuse noxious inhibitory controls: a preliminary study
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Percept Mot Skills 99:679-87. 2004
..This relationship, which did not appear opioid-dependent, supports previous models integrating cardiovascular activity with the functioning of pain-modulatory systems...
- Catastrophizing as a mediator of sex differences in pain: differential effects for daily pain versus laboratory-induced pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 1 101, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 111:335-41. 2004
..These findings highlight the role of catastrophizing in shaping pain responses, as well as illuminating potentially important differences between experimental pain assessment and the clinical experience of pain...
- Individual variation in rapid eye movement sleep is associated with pain perception in healthy women: preliminary data
Michael T Smith
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Behavioral Medicine Research Laboratory and Clinic, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 108, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Sleep 28:809-12. 2005
..Consequently, we sought to evaluate relationships between sleep architecture and laboratory measures of pain processing in healthy women, sleeping under normal conditions...
- Catastrophizing predicts changes in thermal pain responses after resolution of acute dental pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Pain 5:164-70. 2004
..In the context of clinical pain assessment, it may be important to consider the possibility that descriptions of painful sensations reflect, in part, demographic characteristics...
- The effects of sleep deprivation on pain inhibition and spontaneous pain in women
Michael T Smith
Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, Johns Hopkins Bayview, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 21287, USA
Sleep 30:494-505. 2007
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- Suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts in chronic pain patients: factors associated with increased risk
Michael T Smith
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 101, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 111:201-8. 2004
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- Acute pain at discharge from hospitalization is a prospective predictor of long-term suicidal ideation after burn injury
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:S36-42. 2007
..To determine the extent to which pain contributes to risk for suicidal ideation after burn injury...
- Duration of sleep contributes to next-day pain report in the general population
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 108, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 137:202-7. 2008
..1, p=.002, in the structural equation model). Collectively, these findings indicate that night-to-night changes in sleep affect pain report, illuminating the importance of considering sleep when assessing and treating pain...
- Self-reported pain sensitivity: lack of correlation with pain threshold and tolerance
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Eur J Pain 11:594-8. 2007
..These findings suggest that circumventing psychophysical pain testing by assessing individuals' self-reported pain sensitivity is unlikely to be a useful strategy...
- Symptoms of depression and anxiety as unique predictors of pain-related outcomes following burn injury
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:313-22. 2007
..However, much of the existing research has relied on global measures of distress that do not separate distinct symptoms of anxiety and depression...
- Polymorphisms in the GTP cyclohydrolase gene (GCH1) are associated with ratings of capsaicin pain
Claudia M Campbell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer 1 108, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 141:114-8. 2009
..When combined, three of the five accounted for a surprisingly high 35% of the inter-individual variance in pain ratings. We conclude that SNPs of the GCH1 gene may profoundly affect the ratings of pain induced by capsaicin...
- Mind-body interactions in pain: the neurophysiology of anxious and catastrophic pain-related thoughts
Claudia M Campbell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Transl Res 153:97-101. 2009
..The interface between pain-related neurobiology and processes such as pain-related catastrophizing represents an important avenue for future pain research...
- Pain catastrophizing mediates the relationship between self-reported strenuous exercise involvement and pain ratings: moderating role of anxiety sensitivity
Burel R Goodin
Psychology Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Psychosom Med 71:1018-25. 2009
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- Pain catastrophizing and salivary cortisol responses to laboratory pain testing in temporomandibular disorder and healthy participants
Phillip J Quartana
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Pain 11:186-94. 2010
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- Catastrophizing delays the analgesic effect of distraction
Claudia M Campbell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Pain 149:202-7. 2010
..These results suggest that both distraction and catastrophizing have substantial effects on experimental pain in normal subjects and these variables interact as a function of time...
- Situational versus dispositional measurement of catastrophizing: associations with pain responses in multiple samples
Claudia M Campbell
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21287 7101, USA
J Pain 11:443-453.e2. 2010
..Our findings highlight the potential importance of the multidimensional assessment of pain-related catastrophizing, and suggest a role for measuring catastrophizing related to specific, definable events...
- Changes in situation-specific pain catastrophizing precede changes in pain report during capsaicin pain: a cross-lagged panel analysis among healthy, pain-free participants
Claudia M Campbell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Pain 11:876-84. 2010
..These results provide initial evidence, in healthy individuals, that changes in catastrophizing may precede changes in pain response...
- Genetic predictors of acute and chronic pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 108, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 8:411-7. 2006
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- Individual differences in endogenous pain modulation as a risk factor for chronic pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Neurology 65:437-43. 2005
..Long-term cohort studies are necessary to test this hypothesis; such research could yield insight into the nature of chronic pain and permit greater precision in selecting high-risk individuals for chronic pain prevention research...
- Ethnic similarities and differences in the chronic pain experience: a comparison of african american, Hispanic, and white patients
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Pain Med 6:88-98. 2005
..However, few studies have evaluated all of these variables, or matched ethnic groups precisely on potential confounds...
- Catastrophizing and experimental pain sensitivity: only in vivo reports of catastrophic cognitions correlate with pain responses
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Pain 6:338-9. 2005
- Pain tolerance as a predictor of outcome following multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain: differential effects as a function of sex
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe St, Meyer 218, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 106:419-26. 2003
..These results indicate that experimental pain responses may be most clinically relevant for women, and that sex differences may exist in the determinants of pain-treatment outcomes...
- Pain-related catastrophizing and perceived social responses: Inter-relationships in the context of chronic pain
Luis F Buenaver
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 7107, USA
Pain 127:234-42. 2007
..The study and further understanding of what principal factors mediate catastrophizing's deleterious effects on pain will be important in illuminating the biopsychosocial model of pain...
- Age differences in the correlates of physical functioning in patients with chronic pain
Robert R Edwards
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Aging Health 18:56-69. 2006
..Discussion: These data suggest that the determinants of functioning may vary across the life span, implying a potential for pain management programs tailored to a patient's age...
- Catastrophizing and pain in arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other rheumatic diseases
Robert R Edwards
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 101, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arthritis Rheum 55:325-32. 2006
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- Pain catastrophizing: a critical review
Phillip J Quartana
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 9:745-58. 2009
..We conclude by offering what we believe represents an integrated heuristic model for use by researchers over the next 5 years; a model we believe will advance the field most expediently...
- Basal heat pain thresholds predict opioid analgesia in patients with postherpetic neuralgia
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Anesthesiology 104:1243-8. 2006
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- Pain-related catastrophizing as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in chronic pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Meyer 1 108, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pain 126:272-9. 2006
..Further research in this area, including the addition of suicide prevention materials to pain-coping skills training programs, may benefit large numbers of individuals who are at elevated suicide risk as a consequence of chronic pain...
- Catastrophizing, pain, and social adjustment in scleroderma: relationships with educational level
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Clin J Pain 22:639-46. 2006
..The present study sought to characterize such interrelationships between educational level and pain-related catastrophizing...
- Pain-related catastrophizing in healthy women is associated with greater temporal summation of and reduced habituation to thermal pain
Robert R Edwards
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Clin J Pain 22:730-7. 2006
..We assessed, for the first time, catastrophizing's association with the magnitude of temporal summation of pain, a primary marker for central nervous system sensitizability...
- Re: McCraken et al., A comparison of blacks and whites seeking treatment for chronic pain. Clin J Pain 2001;17:249-55
Roger B Fillingim
Clin J Pain 18:136-7. 2002
- Mood swings: variability in the use of the Profile of Mood States
Robert R Edwards
J Pain Symptom Manage 28:534. 2004
- Ethnic differences in responses to multiple experimental pain stimuli
Claudia M Campbell
College of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0404, USA
Pain 113:20-6. 2005
..Hypervigilance partly accounted for group differences. Additional research to determine the mechanisms underlying these effects is warranted...
- A clinical genetic method to identify mechanisms by which pain causes depression and anxiety
Mitchell B Max
Clinical Pain Research Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mol Pain 2:14. 2006
..We seek molecules that show a significant statistical interaction between (1) the amount of surgical pain relief, and (2) the alleles of the gene, on depression and anxiety during the first postoperative year...
- Is self-reported childhood abuse history associated with pain perception among healthy young women and men?
Roger B Fillingim
University of Florida College of Dentistry and Gainesville VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32610 0404, USA
Clin J Pain 21:387-97. 2005
..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between self-reported history of childhood sexual or physical abuse and experimental pain responses in a nonclinical sample of generally healthy young adults...
- Spousal responses are differentially associated with clinical variables in women and men with chronic pain
Roger B Fillingim
University of Florida College of Dentistry Public Health Services and Research, and North Florida South Georgia VA Health System, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Clin J Pain 19:217-24. 2003
..The present study examined pain reports, medication use, psychosocial factors, functional measures, and pain tolerance in patients with chronic pain...
