2015 Accepted Poster Abstracts

Akshay Garg Dorsal root ganglion stimulation: an effective treatment for intractable pain in the upper extremity due to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Sandra Garraway
The development of mechanical allodynia after spinal cord injury is associated with higher respiratory rate

Tina Garyantes
Exploring strain differences observed during the development of a selective NaV1.7 inhibitor

Tina Garyantes
Correlation between preclinical end points across pain models can help suggest relevant mechanisms

Tina Garyantes
Chromocell’s Compounds A: a novel, orally active, selective NaV1.7 inhibitor

Stephanie Gilbertson-White
A feasibility study of genotype-to-phenotype analyses of pain and cytokines in patients with advanced cancer at the end-of-life

Joseph Gimbel
Efficacy and tolerability of BEMA buprenorphine in opioid-experienced patients with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain: primary results from a phase 3, enriched-enrollment, randomized withdrawal study

Aneesh Goel
Use of a risk-stratification tool in identification of potential adrenal suppression preceding steroid injection therapy in chronic pain patients

Phillipe Goffaux
Unpredictable stimulation timings lead to greater pain when people are highly intolerant of uncertainty

Michael Gold
Sex-, stress-, and sympathetic postganglionic neuron-dependent changes in the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules in dural immune cells

Michael Gold
The impact of sex and stress on the excitability and norepinephrine sensitivity of dural afferents

Zhaodi Gong
Pain over the dorsum of third metacarpophalangeal joint: which nerve to block, radial or ulnar?

Zhaodi Gong
Ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block for persistent knee pain after knee surgery

Zhaodi Gong
Flare of CRPS symptoms after lidocaine infusion

Harry Gould
Neuromodulation via spinal cord stimulation improves pain control in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction

Joseph Goulet
Statistical methods for the analysis of NRS pain data

Joseph Goulet
Variation in pain NRS screening scores by patient and facility characteristics in a national system of care

Joseph Goulet
The Musculoskeletal diagnosis cohort: examining pain and pain care in the VA

Peter Grace
Selective manipulation of spinal microglia by chemogenetics: implications for allodynia and inflammatory signaling

Jose Grajales-Reyes
Divergent roles of periaqueductal gray GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in modulation of nociceptive information

Stephanie Gregoire
Broad and highly organized changes in DNA methylation in prefrontal cortex and T cells in a model of chronic neuropathic pain in rats

Shaness Grenald
Synergistic drug interaction between morphine and a cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist in a model of neuropathic pain

Cornelius Groenewald
Estimates of national healthcare expenditures associated with pediatric chronic pain

Yun Guan
Electrophysiologic mechanisms of ‘pain gating’ in the superficial dorsal horn by activation of low-threshold afferent fibers

Honoria Guarino
Provider perspectives on the potential utility of technology-based tools in the treatment of chronic pain

Adam Guck
Pain-related fear is associated with pain and functional outcomes in a level-I trauma sample

Brett Furl
Thermal-capsaicin pain affects risk behavior and SCRs to risky choices

Martin Hale
Low risk of diversion in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of extended-release hydrocodone tablets formulated with abuse-deterrence technology for the treatment chronic low back pain

Martin Hale
Efficacy and safety of hydrocodone extended-release tablets formulated with an abuse-deterrence technology platform for the treatment of moderate to severe pain in patients with chronic low back pain

Irina Haller
Extracting unstructured data from electronic health records (EHR) to enhance opioid risk assessment in patients with chronic non-cancer pain

Hamada Hamid
Migraine management in the Veterans Health Administration clinics

Matthew Hand
Decreases in catastrophizing precede reductions in pain following total knee replacement

Kara Hannibal
The effects of chronic stress on cortical responsiveness to suprathreshold heat stimuli: an fMRI study of pain-free volunteers

Kara Hannibal
An fMRI analysis of cortisol and central sensitization: cortisol-induced neuroplastic alterations contributing to the transition from acute to chronic pain

Kara Hannibal
Chronic stress, prior to pain onset, and persistent centrally-mediated pain sensitivity following an acute episode of delayed-onset muscle soreness

R. Norman Harden
Implications of Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH) in lower back pain patients

R. Norman Harden
Placebo effects in analgesic medication trials in two chronic pain models: gender and pain disorder moderators

Christopher Harle
Toward clinical decision support for chronic pain: integrating patient reported outcomes in an electronic health record

Tamera Hart-Johnson
Availability of pain medications by community demographics and region

Lisa Harton
Differences in morphine analgesic potency between sensory and affective components of formalin-evoked pain in male and female rats

Meredith Hartzell
Examination of pain drawing utility, responsiveness, and one-year outcomes prediction in a chronic disabling occupational spinal disorder (CDOSD) population

Barbara Hastie
Can thoracotomy patients be ‘immune’ to developing chronic pain?  Examination of the role of immune and inflammatory markers in the post-surgical trajectory

Kenichiro Hayashida
Down-regulation of astroglial glutamate transporters in the locus coeruleus contributes to impairment of endogenous analgesia in rats after peripheral nerve injury

Alicia Heapy
Identifying and categorizing patient-generated pain treatment goals

Matthew Herbert
Pre-task cortisol predicts cold pressor pain sensitivity in non-Hispanic whites but not African Americans with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Jessica Hernandez
Evoked brain response to fearful faces in pediatric complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Diana Higgins
Gender differences in correlates of pain intensity among veterans with musculoskeletal diagnoses

Adam Hirsh
Evidence of racial disparities in time spent with patients in pain

Julie Hoegi
Analysis of adverse events of interest reported to the FDA before and after the introduction of abuse deterrent formulation of extended-release oxycodone (OxyContin)

Eric Holder
The clinical, electrodiagnostic and radiographic evaluation of a patient presenting with atypical cervical radicular symptoms: a case report

Nicole Hollingshead
Differences in Mexican Americans’ prevalence of chronic pain and co-occurring analgesic medication and substance use relative to Non-Hispanic White and Black Americans: Results from NHANES 1999-2004

Mkrtich Hovhannisyan
Phospholipase A2 of Macrovipera lebetina obtusa venom as a main target to relief pain after snake bites

Mkrtich Hovhannisyan
Screening of several N-acyl amides for antinociceptive properties against pain induced by Levantine viper venom

June Hu
Evaluation of the influence of stress-induced pain vulnerability and sociodemographic characteristics on acute pain after a motor vehicle collision using structural equation modeling

June Hu
Evaluating musculoskeletal pain pathogenesis in the aftermath of motor vehicle collision in a multi-dimensional context

Hongzhen Hu
RPV4-mediated puritus: the role of skin-resident cells

Maren Hyde-Nolan
Sleep and pain in fibromyalgia: an assessment of the daily relationship and individual difference moderators

Eli Iacob
Gene expression factor analysis differentiates pathways linked to pain, fatigue, and depression in a diverse patient sample

James Ibinson
A comparison of the BOLD and ASL temporal responses during functional imaging of pain

James Ibinson
The insula’s functional connectivity to the default mode network is uniquely altered by pain perception

Anjana Jagpal
Baseline anxiety in relation to pain and disability at 6 months in youth with FAP

Cheedy Jaja
CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 metabolic profiles and frequency of emergency department visits for sickle cell disease pain management

Robert Jamison
Prevalance of chronic pain and associated risk factors: intake data from a rehabilitation center in Kuwait

Robert Jamison
Use of an electronic pain and opioid risk assessment program to promote reporting and benefit treatment among chronic pain patients

Robert Jamison
Reducing opioid misuse among chronic pain patients in primary care

Mendel Jansen
Coadministration of mirogabalin and ethanol in healthy subjects: Results from a randomized, double-blind, drug-drug interaction study

Mendel Jansen
Coadministration of mirogabalin and lorazepam in healthy subjects: Results from a randomized, double-blind, drug-drug interaction study

Kellie Jaremko
Efficacy and prediction of pain, mood, and function outcomes upon completion of an interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation program

Kevin Johnson
omatic distributions of pain characterized with a pain registry (CHOIR)

Youjeong Kang
Feasibility of computer and internet-based pain studies with socio-demographically diverse samples

Ming-Chih Kao
Stanford Patient Experience Questionnaire (SPEQ): network of patient experience touch points revealed by Bayesian network reconstruction suggests targets for intervention

Ming-Chih Kao
Stanford Patient Experience Questionnaire (SPEQ): Machine-mediated classification of patient experience feedback using natural language processing

Liza Karamessinis
Adolescents’ home pain management after laparoscopic appendectomy

Nicholas Karayannis
Implications of pain interference on restoration of physical function for people with chronic pain

Stephanie Kareht
Evaluation of patients with acute migraine treated with diclofenac potassium for oral solution and who had nausea at time of dosing

Nathaniel Katz
Feasibility of using the Prospective Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion Drug Event Reporting System (MADDERS-P) in clinical trials

Nathaniel Katz
Feasibility of using the Retrospective Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion Drug Event Reporting System (MADDERS-R) in evaluating data from previously conducted clinical trials

Nathaniel Katz
Development and validation of a clinical trial data surveillance method to improve assay sensitivity in clinical trials

Nathaniel Katz
The Focused Analgesia Selection Test (FAST): a method to increase pain reporting reliability in clinical trials

Heidi Kempert
Adolescents’ change in functional abilities after completion of an intensive chronic pain rehabilitation program using subjective measures

Lisa Kilpatrick
The pain and interoception imaging network (PAIN) repository: towards big data approaches to chronic pain

Eunjung Kim
Intrathecal morphine infusion therapy in management of cancer and chronic pain: present and future in Korea

Christopher King
Physical function and associated pain in knee osteoarthritis (OA) predicts sensory processing and future clinical pain experiences

Wade Kingery
Facilitated spinal neuropeptide signaling and upregulated inflammatory mediator expression contributes to post-fracture nociceptive sensitization

Shauna Kingsnorth
An evidence-informed approach to the identification and assessment of chronic pain in children with cerebral palsy

Carmen Kirkness
Pain with rest and activity plays little role in patients discharged early after total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

Nkaku Kisaalita
Associations between opioid use and pain-related interference in functioning among returning combat veterans

Mei-Chuan Ko
Bifunctional MOP/NOP receptor agonist, BU10038, as a strong and safe analgesic in monkeys

Wayne Ko
A novel strategy to improve opioid prescribing safety in chronic pain patients: evaluation by addiction psychiatry fellow rotators

Julian Koenig
Neuroticism influences affective but not sensory ratings of experimentally induced pain

Julian Koenig
24-hour high-frequency heart rate variability in chronic pain patients compared to healthy controls – A meta-analysis

Prashanth Komirishetty
PARP inhibition attenuates neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in chronic constriction injury induced peripheral neuropathy

Ernest Kopecky
Efficacy and safety of oxycodone DETERx: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study

Anna Kratz
Development and initial validation of a brief multi-faceted cognitive functioning measure in fibromyalgia

Anna Kratz
Pain acceptance predicts indicators of distress, well-being and functioning in spinal cord injury

Emerson Krock
TLR2 activation induces NGF gene and protein expression via NF-κB in human intervertebral disc cells

Bethany Kuhn
Dispositional optimism is not associated with conditioned pain modulation of electric pain

Ronald Kulich
The use of a commonly-used digital monitoring device as a post treatment activity measure to encourage function after structured opioid tapering, a case report

Ashok Kulkarni
Cdk5 is an important modulator of mechanical, thermal and chemical pain

Emilie Lagueux
Effectiveness of transcranial Direct Current Stimualtion (tDCS) and Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) on neuropathic pain of complex regional pain syndrome type I

Pamela Landsman-Blumberg
Long-term opioid users with chronic non-cancer pain: differences between patients with and without diagnosed alcohol abuse or dependence

Pamela Landsman-Blumberg
Healthcare utilization and cost differences in chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) patients treated long-term with long-acting (LAOs), short-acting (SAOs), both, or wwitch opioid therapy

Edward Lannon
Is resting blood pressure associated with endogenous pain modulation?

Bilal Lateef
Pain catastrophizing as a predictor of opioid administration in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) after motor vehicle collision (MVC)

Christine Law
Elucidating brain regions engaged in strategies for real-time fMRI neurofeedback pain modulation

Neil Lax
Characterization of serotonin receptor subtype 7 (5-HT7) in pain and depression using novel compounds derived from marine cyanobacteria

Asimina Lazaridou
Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on brain connectivity supporting hyperalgesia in fibromyalgia patients

Claudia Lefeber
An open label study introducing post-op tonsillectomy as a new pain model for clinical research in young children

Thomas Legg
Single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of immediate-release/extended-release ibuprofen caplets

Paula Leite
Analysis of pain, functionality, static and dynamic balance in patients undergoing to Total Knee Replacement

Jessica Lerch
Molecular mechanisms of stress exacerbated neuropathic pain in peripheral nerve injury

Albert Leung
The effect of LFTMS on TENS related neuronal functional changes

Alan Light
Sensory and sympathetic innervation of mouse skeletal muscle blood and lymphatic vasculature

Sarah Linnstaedt
microRNA 320a is a potential mediator of chronic widespread hyperalgesia development after stress exposure

Joshua Little
Supraspinal adenosine A3 receptor (A3AR) activation reverses chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain through an IL-10 dependent mechanism

Andrea Liu
Education status is not associated with opioid medication receipt among African American emergency department patients with acute pain

Alfonso Lopez
Trigeminal neuralgia following a telephone-mediated lightning injury

Travis Lovejoy
Predictors of prescription opioid therapy in patients with chronic pain and a history of substance use disorder

Lucie Low
Restraint stress training for awake rodent MR imaging causes stress-induced analgesia