Scientific Highlights

Paredes AC, Pinto JM, Almeida A, Pinto PR. Predictive value of quantitative sensory testing for acute and chronic postsurgical pain after total joint arthroplasty: a systematic review. Pain, 163(3):e385-e400 (2022). doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002385; Fonseca-Rodrigues D, Rodrigues A, Martins T, Pinto J, Amorim D, Almeida A, Pinto-Ribeiro F. Correlation between pain severity and levels of anxiety and depression in Osteoarthritis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology, 61(1):53-75 (2021). doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab512; Pinto PR, Paredes AC, Almeida A. Pain prevalence, characteristics and impact among people with haemophilia: findings from the first Portuguese survey and implications for pain management. Pain Med, 21(3):458-471 (2020). doi: 10.1093/pm/pny309; Pinto PR, McIntyre T, Araújo-Soares V, Almeida A. Costa P. Psychological Factors Predict an Unfavorable Pain Trajectory after Hysterectomy: a prospective cohort study on chronic post-surgical pain. Pain, 159(5):956-967 (2018). Doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001170; Pinto PR, Vieira A, Pereira D, Almeida A. Predictors of acute postsurgical pain after inguinal hernioplasty. J Pain, 18(8):947-955 (2017). doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.03.003; Leite-Almeida H, Cerqueira JJ, Wei H, Ribeiro-Costa N, Anjos-Martins H, Sousa N, Pertovaara A, Almeida A. Differential effects of left/right neuropathy on rats’ anxiety and cognitive behavior. Pain, 153:2218-2225 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.07.007; Leite-Almeida H, Almeida-Torres L, Mesquita AR, Pertovaara A, Sousa N, Cerqueira JJ, Almeida A. The impact of age on emotional and cognitive behaviours triggered by experimental neuropathy in the rat. Pain, 144:57-65 (2009). doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.02.024; Gonçalves L, Silva R, Pinto-Ribeiro F, Bessa JM, Pertovaara A, Sousa N, Almeida A. Neuropathic pain is associated with depressive behaviour and induces neuroplasticity in the amygdala of the rat. Exp Neurol, 213:48-56 (2008). doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.04.043; Lemos L, Flores S, Oliveira P, Almeida A. Gabapentin supplemented with Ropivacain block of trigger-points improves pain control and quality of life in Trigeminal Neuralgia patients when compared with gabapentin alone. Clin J Pain, 24:64-75 (2008). doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318158011a; Lima D, Almeida A. The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus as a pro-nociceptive center of the pain control system. Prog Neurobiol, 66:81-108 (2002). doi: 10.1016/S0301-0082(01)00025-9