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International Association for the Study of Pain

List of Topics


Please select the track that is most appropriate for your workshop when completing your workshop submission. 

A Secondary Topic is optional.

Scientific Program Tracks/Topics   
  • Access to Care
  • Assessment, Diagnosis & Measurement of Pain
  • Economics, Ethics, and Law
  • Education
  • Epidemiology
  • Evidence synthesis, systematic review, meta-analyses,  guidelines, and implementation science
  • Gender/Sex Differences
  • Genetics
  • History
  • Imaging: Pain Imaging and Neuroimaging
  • Informatics, coding, and pain registries
  • ICD-11 & ICF 
  • Lifestyle Issues: Sleep/Diet/Exercise/Social Interactions
  • Mechanisms: Biological-Molecular and Cell Biology
  • Mechanisms: Biological-Systems (Physiology/Anatomy)
  • Mechanisms: Psychosocial and Biopsychosocial
  • Models: Acute Pain
  • Models: Chronic Pain – Non-neuropathic
  • Models: Chronic Pain - Neuropathic
  • Models: Transition to Chronic Pain 
  • Models: translational
  • Model: experimental human pain models
  • Models: other
  • Novel Experimental/Analytic Approaches/Tools
  • Pain in Special Populations: Adolescents
  • Pain in Special Populations: Elderly
  • Pain in Special Populations: Infants/Children
  • Pain in Special Populations: Intellectual, Developmental and Functional Disability
  • Pain in Special Populations: Non-verbal
  • Pain in Special Populations: Torture, Organized Violence and War

Patient Engagement and co-creation in research and education
Placebo
Racial/Ethnic/Economic Differences/Disparities
Specific Pain Conditions/Pain in Specific Populations: Neuropathic Pain - Peripheral
Specific Pain Conditions/Pain in Specific Populations: Neuropathic Pain - Central
Specific Pain Conditions/Pain in Specific Populations: Neuropathic Pain - Other
Specific Pain Conditions/Pain in Specific Populations: Non-neuropathic Pain – other
Treatment/Management: Complementary and Alternative therapies
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Ablation Techniques
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Injections/Blocks
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Neuromodulation, Stimulators & Stimulation Approaches
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Minor surgical procedures & Augmentation
Treatment/Management: Interventional Therapies – Other
Treatment/Management: Medical Pain Management Technologies (non-invasive therapies), VR, Stimulators,  Light/Laser devices, Wearables, Trackers and Apps
Treatment/Management: Pain Management Programs - Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, and other interdisciplinary approaches
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: Adverse effects
Treatment/Management: Cannabinoids and Cannabis
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: Monoclonal Antibodies, Biologics, and Biosimilars
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: Opioid
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: Non-opioid
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: Novel Targets
Treatment/Management: Pharmacology: OTC Pain Relief
Trial methodology and design

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