Biopsychosocial Influences on Shoulder Pain: Analyzing the Temporal Ordering of Post-Operative Recovery
Shoulder surgery has become a primary intervention for treating persistent shoulder pain, with the number of procedures now exceeding 500,000 annually.26 However, many patients who undergo shoulder surgery experience persistent post-operative pain.3,35 For musculoskeletal pain conditions, current research initiatives aim to identify phenotypical characteristics that predict variability in treatment outcomes.4,12 Our team used exercised-induced shoulder pain to identify an interaction between psychological distress (pain catastrophizing) and genetics (catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme activity) that predicted elevated pain and disability.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Corey B. Simon, Carolina Valencia, Rogelio A. Coronado, Samuel S. Wu, Zhigang Li, Yunfeng Dai, Kevin W. Farmer, Michael M. Moser, Thomas W. Wright, Roger B. Fillingim, Steven Z. George Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research