ReviewPain and therapy2023
Pain Management in the Post-COVID Era-An Update: A Narrative Review.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health-related quality of life in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of EQ-5D studies.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Pooled it
- Mechanisms of Action of Low-Frequency Pulsed Magnetic Fields in Pain Control.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Post-COVID-19 interstitial cystitis and bladder dysfunction: a growing concern for public health.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Initial Exploration of a Music-Based Telehealth Support for Medically-Complex Chronic Pain Patients.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- 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
- De novo post-COVID-19 chronic pain: a piece of information about risk factor and clinical features.Pain reports · 2025Article
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- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Long COVID-19: A Narrative Review of Clinical Aspects and Therapeutic Approaches.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mixed pain: clinical practice recommendations.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Pain in Long COVID: A scoping review of clinical characteristics and patterns of manifestation.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Virally-initiated pain states: phenotypes, mechanisms, and future directions.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Are Healthcare Resource Utilization Patterns for Pain Management Specific to Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome? A Study of Survivors from the First French Pandemic Wave.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A narrative review of the complex panorama regarding chronic neuropathic pain mainly for the psychological issues.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Utilization frequency and patient-reported effectiveness of symptomatic therapies in post-COVID syndrome.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A Blood Supply Pathophysiological Microcirculatory Mechanism for Long COVID.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Innovative Applications of Telemedicine and Other Digital Health Solutions in Pain Management: A Literature Review.Pain and therapy · 2024Review
- Incorporation of "Artificial Intelligence" for Objective Pain Assessment: A Comprehensive Review.Pain and therapy · 2024Review
- Telehealth and Virtual Reality Technologies in Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain in COVID-19.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Patient-Reported Wait Times and the Impact of Living with Chronic Pain on their Quality of Life: A Waiting Room Survey in Chronic Pain Clinics in Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2024Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
An extensive computer search (from January 2020 to January 2023) was conducted including literature from the PubMed, Scopus, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and EMBASE databases. According to preset criteria, a total of 58 articles were included in this review article. Generally, any patient who becomes infected with COVID-19 can develop post-COVID-19 conditions. The course of COVID-19 is divided into three main stages: acute COVID-19 (up to 4 weeks), post-acute COVID-19 (from 4 to 12 weeks), and post-COVID (from 12 weeks to 6 months). If a more protracted course of COVID (over 6 months) is demonstrated, the term "long-COVID" is used. Although the acute stage of COVID-19 infection most commonly manifests with acute respiratory symptoms, one very common symptom of the disease is pain, while the most common symptoms of post-COVID syndrome are shortness of breath, dry cough, fatigue, loss of olfactory and gustatory function, tightness and chest pain, sleep and mood disturbances, body aches, muscle and joint pain, sore throat, fever, and persistent headaches. All observations demonstrated a high incidence of chronic pain syndromes of various localization in the post- and long-COVID period. Post-COVID chronic pain might include a newly developed chronic pain as a part of post-viral syndrome; worsening of preexisting chronic pain due to the associated changes in the medical services, or a de novo chronic pain in healthy individuals who are not infected with COVID. Chronic pain during and post-COVID-19 pandemic is an important health issue due to the significant impacts of pain on the patients, health care systems, and society as well. Therefore, it is important that patients with chronic pain receive effective treatment according to their specific needs. Accordingly, the main goal of this review article is to provide a broad description about the post-COVID pain and to explore the impact of long COVID-19 on chronic pain patients, and also to give brief reports about the prevalence, risk factors, possible mechanisms, different presentations, and the management tools through a systematic approach.
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