Transition from acute to chronic pain: a misleading concept?

Nanna B Finnerup^{1

2}, Lone Nikolajsen^{3

4}, Andrew S C Rice⁵

Affiliations

¹ Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
² Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁵ Pain Research, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

Nanna B Finnerup et al. Pain. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;163(9):e985-e988.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002631. Epub 2022 Apr 6.

Nanna B Finnerup^{1

2}, Lone Nikolajsen^{3

4}, Andrew S C Rice⁵

¹ Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
² Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁵ Pain Research, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

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Vlaeyen JWS, Haslbeck JMB, Sjouwerman R, Peters ML. Vlaeyen JWS, et al. Pain. 2022 Sep 1;163(9):e1038-e1039. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002706. Pain. 2022. PMID: 35984384 No abstract available.
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Manhapra A. Manhapra A. Pain. 2023 Mar 1;164(3):e174. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002800. Pain. 2023. PMID: 36779559 No abstract available.

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