Immersive Virtual Reality and Virtual Embodiment for Pain Relief
This review explores immersive VR and virtual embodiment as tools to modulate body perception and reduce pain.
Is Tactile Acuity Altered in People With Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
This systematic review shows reduced tactile acuity in several chronic non-neuropathic pain conditions, supporting altered body representation in chronic pain.
Can Biomechanics Research Lead to More Effective Treatment of Low Back Pain?
This commentary debates whether biomechanics alone can guide effective treatment for low back pain, concluding that isolated biomechanical approaches are insufficient.
My body is not working right: a cognitive behavioral model of body image and chronic pain
This paper presents a cognitive-behavioral model explaining how chronic pain shapes negative body perceptions, contributing to pain persistence and altered body image.
Lifeworlds in pain: a principled method for investigation and intervention
This paper presents a unified framework for understanding pain integrating anthropology and Bayesian computational psychiatry.
An enactive approach to pain: beyond the biopsychosocial model
This paper introduces a 5E framework of pain integrating phenomenology and cognitive science to move beyond biomedical and biopsychosocial models.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population
This systematic review and meta-analysis estimates chronic widespread pain prevalence at around 10% of adults, with higher rates in women and older individuals.
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: functioning properties of chronic pain
This narrative review presents the IASP proposal for defining functioning properties of chronic pain within ICD-11, linking it to the ICF framework to improve pain assessment and patient management.
The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain
This review describes the IASP-led revision of the pain definition, reflecting advances in pain science. The updated definition broadens pain beyond tissue damage and was unanimously adopted by the IASP Council.
Virtual Reality Technology for Physical and Cognitive Function Rehabilitation in People With Multiple Sclerosis
This review summarizes recent evidence on virtual reality training in multiple sclerosis, highlighting its potential to improve motor, sensory, and cognitive symptoms.