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Biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: Rationale and protocol for a pre-clinical trial.
Contemporary clinical trials - 1 May 2017
George Steven Z, Staud Roland, Borsa Paul A, Wu Samuel S, Wallace Margaret R, Greenfield Warren H, Mackie Lauren N, Fillingim Roger B
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BACKGROUND: Chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions are a prevalent and disabling problem. Preventing chronic musculoskeletal pain requires multifactorial treatment approaches that address its complex etiology. Prior cohort studies identified a high risk subgroup comprised of variation in COMT genotype and pain catastrophizing. This subgroup had increased chance of heightened pain responses (in a pre-clinical...
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