Chronic and Recurrent Pain

• Autor principal: Carl L. von Baeyer (Ed.) (auth)
• Outros Autores: Lynn S. Walker (Ed.) (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Assuntos: Medicine; Pediatrics; Pain
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

For many years people assumed that children did not experience chronic pain. However, recent epidemiological studies show that chronic pain, defined as constant or recurrent pain lasting three months or longer, is common in childhood. Empirical studies have characterized chronic pain conditions incl...