"Chronic Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Aching sensation that persists for more than a few months. It may or may not be associated with trauma or disease, and may persist after the initial injury has healed. Its localization, character, and timing are more vague than with acute pain.
| Descriptor ID |
D059350
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.274
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Pain- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pains
- Pains, Chronic
- Pain, Chronic
Widespread Chronic Pain- Widespread Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pain, Widespread
- Chronic Pains, Widespread
- Pain, Widespread Chronic
- Pains, Widespread Chronic
- Widespread Chronic Pains
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Delphi Consensus Revealing the Thoughts of Pain Management and Referral Specialties on the Use of SCS for Chronic Back Pain Patients Not Suitable for Spine Surgery. Pain Pract. 2025 Sep; 25(7):e70069.
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Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Older Adult Chronic Pain Management and Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 26; 9:e74381.
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Posterior Approach to Sacroiliac Joint Fusion as a Salvage Procedure: A Case Report. Pain Med Case Rep. 2025 Aug; 9(4):197-199.
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Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Syndrome-Specific Instruments. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Aug; 44(6):1271-1289.
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Sex-specific genetics underlie increased chronic pain risk in women: genome-wide association studies from the UK Biobank. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Aug; 135(2):401-415.
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Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Aug; 9(8):1710-1725.
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Cerebrospinal fluid proteome of patients with persistent pain and/or postpartum depression after elective cesarean delivery: An exploratory prospective cohort study. J Clin Anesth. 2025 06; 104:111855.
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Radiofrequency ablation of basivertebral and sinuvertebral nerves for chronic discogenic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Apr 14; 48(1):364.
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Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2025 Feb 19; 388:e079971.
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Widespread pain phenotypes impact treatment efficacy results in randomized clinical trials for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain network study. Pain. 2025 May 01; 166(5):1179-1190.