ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Pain Burden in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome following Mild COVID-19 Infection.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drug treatments for fibromyalgia: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials.BMJ medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Characterising Pain in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: An Observational Study of Intensity and Sensitivity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A systematic scoping review and conceptual analysis of new-onset fibromyalgia manifestations after non-hospitalized COVID-19: empirics, definitions, methodologies, pathophysiology, mapping of literature, and knowledge gaps.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Pathophysiological mechanisms of fatigue and multidisciplinary management strategies (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Review
- Lived Experiences of New-Onset Long Covid Pain and Its Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life. A Scoping Review of Current Evidence.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- COVID- 19 vaccination reduces new-onset fibromyalgia risk in survivors.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- A First Randomized Eight-Week Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation Study for the Post-COVID-19 Condition: Improvements in Health- and Pain-Related Parameters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Post-exertional malaise in Long COVID: subjective reporting versus objective assessment.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- New-Onset Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Following COVID-19 Infection Fulfils the Fibromyalgia Clinical Syndrome Criteria: A Preliminary Study.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Post-COVID-19 Pain Is Not Associated with DNA Methylation Levels of theBiomedicines · 2024Article
- Investigating the fluctuating nature of post-COVID pain symptoms in previously hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: the LONG-COVID-EXP multicenter study.Pain reports · 2024Article
- Functional connectivity associated with attention networks differs among subgroups of fibromyalgia patients: an observational case-control study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- The Effect of an Active Break Intervention on Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Musculoskeletal Discomfort during Prolonged Sitting among Young People-Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The incidence, characteristics, impact and risk factors of post-COVID chronic pain in Thailand: A single-center cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Social Inequalities in Long-Term Health Effects After COVID-19-A Scoping Review.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- "Brain Fog" After COVID-19 Infection: How the Field of Neuropsychology Can Help Clear the Air.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Article
- Patterns of Opioid and Non-Opioid Analgesic Consumption in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Conditions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Serological Biomarkers at Hospital Admission and Hospitalization Treatments Are Not Related to Sensitization-Associated Symptoms in Patients with Post-COVID Pain.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Metabolic Fingerprinting for the Diagnosis of Clinically Similar Long COVID and Fibromyalgia Using a Portable FT-MIR Spectroscopic Combined with Chemometrics.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Post-COVID Patients With New-Onset Chronic Pain 2 Years After Infection: Cross-Sectional Study.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2023Article
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Abstract
The global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 has affected several hundred million people, and many infected people have suffered from a milder initial infection but have never fully recovered. This observational study investigates the pain burden in sufferers of post-COVID-19 syndrome after a milder initial infection. One hundred post-COVID-19 patients filled out questionnaires regarding sociodemographic data, previous comorbidities, present pharmacological treatment, pain intensity and pain localisation. Health-related quality of life, fatigue, emotional status, and insomnia were measured by validated questionnaires. Multiple post-COVID-19 symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, were evaluated by a symptom questionnaire. Among the 100 participants (mean age 44.5 years), 82% were women, 61% had higher education, and 56% were working full or part time. Nine participants reported previous pain or inflammatory conditions. Among the most painful sites were the head/face, chest, lower extremities, and migrating sites. Generalised pain was self-reported by 75 participants and was estimated in 50 participants. Diagnosis of fibromyalgia according to the 2016 criteria was suspected in 40 participants. Subgroup analyses indicated that comorbidities might play a role in the development of pain. In conclusion, a major part of sufferers from post-COVID-19 syndrome develop pain, and in addition to its many disabling symptoms, there is an urgent need for pain management in post-COVID-19 syndrome.
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