ReviewNeuroRehabilitation2012
Central sensitization as a component of post-deployment syndrome.
Review in NeuroRehabilitation, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- 16 weeks of moderate intensity resistance exercise improves strength but is insufficient to alter brain structure in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- PTSD Symptom Severity, Pain Intensity, and Pain-Related Disability Among Trauma-Exposed Firefighters: the Moderating Role of Mindfulness.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- Endogenous Opioid Dynorphin Is a Potential Link between Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Pain, and Substance Use Disorder.Journal of neurotrauma · 2022Review
- Neural Mechanisms of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Network-Based fMRI Approach.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Association Between Predeployment Optimism and Onset of Postdeployment Pain in US Army Soldiers.JAMA network open · 2019Article
- Chronic pain acceptance incrementally predicts disability in polytrauma-exposed veterans at baseline and 1-year follow-up.Behaviour research and therapy · 2015Article
- Effort, symptom validity testing, performance validity testing and traumatic brain injury.Brain injury · 2014Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Many service members and veterans report chronic unexplained symptoms such as pain, fatigue and memory complaints, which have most recently been characterized as post-deployment syndrome (PDS). Chronic widespread pain is a component of this syndrome, producing significant disability and considerable health care costs. The similarity between the nature of these complaints and other medically unexplained illnesses such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome suggest that they may share a common mechanism. Here, we provide support for PDS as a consequence of pain and sensory amplification secondary to neuroplastic changes within the central nervous system, a phenomenon often termed central sensitization. We also discuss how factors such as stress and genetics may promote chronic widespread pain in veterans and service members who develop PDS.
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