A pain research agenda for the 21st century

Robert W. Gereau; Kathleen A. Sluka; William Maixner; Seddon R. Savage; Theodore J. Price; Beth B. Murinson; Mark D. Sullivan; Roger B. Fillingim

doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2014.09.004

A pain research agenda for the 21st century

Robert W. Gereau, Kathleen A. Sluka, William Maixner, Seddon R. Savage, Theodore J. Price, Beth B. Murinson, Mark D. Sullivan, Roger B. Fillingim

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Abstract

Chronic pain represents an immense clinical problem. With tens of millions of people in the United States alone suffering from the burden of debilitating chronic pain, there is a moral obligation to reduce this burden by improving the understanding of pain and treatment mechanisms, developing new therapies, optimizing and testing existing therapies, and improving access to evidence-based pain care. Here, we present a goal-oriented research agenda describing the American Pain Society's vision for pain research aimed at tackling the most pressing issues in the field.

Perspective This article presents the American Pain Society's view of some of the most important research questions that need to be addressed to advance pain science and to improve care of patients with chronic pain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1203-1214
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Pain
Volume	15
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2014.09.004
State	Published - Dec 1 2014

Keywords

Chronic pain
pain education
pain research
pain treatment
research funding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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