2015 Accepted Poster Abstracts

Edin Sabic
Catastrophizing moderates the relation between pain intensity and pain-related distress

Katelyn Sadler
Hemispheric lateralization of bladder pain modulation

Jami Saloman
Gi-DREADD expression in TRPV1-Cre mice produces ligand-dependent behavioral inhibition to noxious heat, but ligand-independent changes in sensory neurons

Vijay Samineni
Optogenetic inhibition of specific subsets of sensory neurons mediating bladder nociception

Steven Sanders
The effect of psychiatric comorbidities on treatment outcomes of veterans participating in an interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation program

Alex Sandweiss
Estrogen induces cortical spreading depression (CSD) associated with migraine aura in awake, freely moving female rats

Isabela Santos
Validation of the Brazilian version of Behavioral Pain Scale in sedated and mechanical ventilated patients

Danielle Sarno
The effectiveness of topical diclofenac for greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a retrospective study

Bernard Schachtel
Affective and sensory qualities of pain complement evaluative measures of opioid analgesia:  results from the Qualities of Dental Pain Index (QDPI)

Bernard Schachtel
What is the likelihood of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in patients with a history that is only suggestive of OINV?

Bernard Schachtel
Demonstration of clinically important relief and the percent change in pain intensity at the time of meaningful relief by flurbiprofen 8.75 mg lozenge

Bernard Schachtel
Opioid-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (OINV) in patients without immediate post-op nausea/vomiting

Joachim Scholz
Diversity of clinical phenotypes in painful diabetic polyneuropathy

Kristin Schreiber
Modulation of experimental and clinical pain by distraction in fibromyalgia patients and controls

Erica Schwartz
Zymosan-induced prostatitis induces bladder hypersensitivity via neural cross-talk

Whitney Scott
Validity and predictors of patients' global impression of change ratings following Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain

David Semel
Effect of pregabalin in patients with neuropathic pain previously treated with gabapentin

Amy Sentis
Discrete region and distributed network analysis of attention and cognitive modulation of pain

James Sessford
Coping strategies: mediators between pain acceptance, efficacy, and physical activity in arthritis?

Landrew Sevel
Placebo analgesia enhances descending pain-related effective connectivity: a dynamic causal modeling study of endogenous pain modulation

Amie Severino
Anatomical plasticity in spinal oxytocin fibers after peripheral nerve injury

Gwendoline Shang
Weight change in adults with postherpetic neuralgia receiving gabapentin enacarbil in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Gwendoline Shang
Effect of gabapentin enacarbil (GEn) on adverse events (AEs) by age group in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)

Yasamin Sharifzadeh
Sub-clinical range of pain catastrophizing moderates the effect of pain intensity on opioid prescription

Tayler Sheahan
Voluntary wheel running as a nonreflexive pain measure following nerve injury in mice

Kathy Ann Sheehy
Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to analgesic strategy during vaso-occlusive episodes in adolescents with sickle cell disease

Andrew Shepherd
AT2-ROS signaling induces peripheral mechanical, but not thermal hypersensitivity elicited by Angiotensin-II

Lei Shi
Incorporating high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a routine therapy for migraine headache: a case series

Minjung Shim
Factors and mechanisms of dance/movement therapy for resilience-building in people living with chronic pain

Corey Simon
Central pain processing measures are associated with movement-evoked pain report among older adults with chronic axial low back pain

Laura Simons
Exposure treatment of pain-related fear for children with chronic pain

Min Kyung Sin
Executive function and suicidal risk in complex regional pain syndrome: Preliminary study

Rakhi Singh
Bertolotti's syndrome: a lesser known cause of chronic low back pain

Rakhi Singh
Neuromodulation therapy for the treatment of refractory complex regional pain syndrome with diagonal spread

Neil Singla
Time to onset of pain relief with biphasic immediate-release/extended-release oxycodone/acetaminophen in patients with acute postoperative pain: a randomized controlled trial

Tracy Skaer
State of Washington opoioid prescription guidelines for the management of chronic non-cancer pain

Peter Slepian
Pain resilience is positively correlated with nociceptive flexion reflex threshold.

Lauren Slosky
The cystine-glutamate antiporter system xc- drives tumor cell glutamate release and cancer-induced bone pain

Shad Smith
Female-specific effects of a serotonin 2A receptor (HTR2A) genetic variant on TMD pain and psychological phenotypes

L. Smith
A cross-sectional survey of pain-related experiences and knowledge in emerging adults

Fredy Solis
Effect of spinal manipulations and body-based interventions in a model of experimentally induced low back pain

Nomita Sonty
'I Dare to Hope':  case report of a pain and spirituality group

Robert Sorge
Baclofen enhances opioid analgesia and reward in rodents

Thiago Abner Sousa
Effects of peripheral joint mobilization on nociception and motor activity in experimental model of musculoskeletal pain

Barbara St. Marie
The experiences of people living with chronic pain while receiving opioids to manage their pain in the primary care setting

Bonnie Stevens
How long does it last?  Sustaining improved pain practices in pediatric hospitals following implementation of a knowledge translation intervention and pain practice booster

Karen Stevenson
Establishment of a controlled substance advisory review consult process for patients on chronic opioid therapy

Gary Strichartz
Spinal cord-derived neural stem cells restore hyperalgesic responses previously diminished by chemical ablation of NK-1 expressing neurons in the rat spinal cord

Richard Stripp
Can oral fluid replace urine and blood drug testing as the gold standard in the pain management industry?

John Sturgeon
Contributions of physical function and satisfaction with social roles in chronic pain:  a Stanford-NIH CHOIR study

John Sturgeon
Physical and psychological correlates of fatigue and physical function: a Stanford-NIH CHOIR study

Cassandra Sturycz
Qualitative analysis of pain beliefs in Native Americans: preliminary findings

Daren Subnaik
Complete relief of pain from arachnoiditis after spinal column stimulation: a case report

Daren Subnaik
Ketamine infusion for refractory pain in Dercum's Disease (Adiposis dolorosa): a novel treatment approach

Daren Subnaik
Complete relief of chronic abdominal pain after rapid detoxification of oral and intravenous opiates: a case report

Mark Sullivan
Trends in opioid dosing among medicaid patients in Washington State

Lewis Sussman
Functional restoration in a military chronic pain population: first year outcomes from the SAMMC Functional Restoration Program

Maral Tajerian
Autoimmune mechanisms of pain in a mouse model of complex regional pain syndrome

Simon Tate
A novel proof of concept, placebo controlled, randomised withdrawal study, demonstrating the safety and efficacy of CNV1014802 in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

Simon Tate
A novel proof of concept, randomized, double blind, cross-over study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of CNV1014802 in subjects with neuropathic pain from lumbosacral radiculopathy

Chloe Taub
Anger mediates the relationship between trauma and pain catastrophizing in chronic pain

Anna Taylor
Opioids and microglia: a murine-derived microglia stable cell line study

Norman Taylor
DREADD activation of dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurons in the periaquaductal gray produces differing analgesic responses

Bridgett Teevan
Racial and ethnic disparities in pain care at a statewide federally qualified health center

Lavinia Teixeira-Machado
Feldenkrais method-based exercise improves quality of life in individuals with Parkinson's disease: a controlled, randomized clinical trial

Forest Tennant
Use of a depression biomarker panel to diagnose depression in chronic pain patients

Forest Tennant
Adrenocorticotropin hormone as a biomarker of uncontrolled severe, chronic pain

Forest Tennant
Pituitary-adrenal failure in severe, chronic pain patients

Forest Tennant
Cytochrome P450 defects in pain treatment failures

Forest Tennant
Inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in centralized pain

Forest Tennant
Association of multiple cytochrome P450 defects and opioid malabsorption

Ellen Terry
Threat-evoked pain facilitation is not influenced by experimental reductions in pain catastrophizing

See Wan Tham
Quantitative sensory testing: a population based study of adolescents with and without chronic pain

Kathryn Thompson
Changes in internal pain locus of control induced by a brief intervention to reduce pain catastrophizing is associated with reductions in pain unpleasantness

Kirti Thummala
The effects of daily fluctuations in interpersonal stress on mood: the moderating role of depression in chronic pain

Adam Tidd
Role of serotonin in the acute antinociceptive effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) in mice

Knox Todd
Emergency department femoral nerve blocks for acute hip fracture pain: a randomized controlled trial

Calia Torres
Reducing disparities with literacy-adapted psychosocial treatments for chronic pain: initial exploration of feasibiity/acceptability

Stacie Totsch
Behavioral and physiological effects of poor diet in mice

Yannick Tousignant-Laflammme
Duration of analgesia induced by a 15 or 30-minute application of acupuncture-like TENS on a population of patients suffering from chronic non-specific low back pain

Patrick Tran
Pain interference mediates the relationship between pain and happiness

Christine Tran
PainTracker: development and implementation of a web-based pain assessment and outcomes tracking tool for primary and specialty clinical care

Zina Trost
Exploring the role of pain-related fear and catastrophizing in response to a virtual reality gaming intervention for chronic low back pain

Judith Tsui
Pain and mortality among HIV-infected persons with alcohol problems

Judith Turner
Catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy, mindfulness, and acceptance:  relationships and changes among individuals receiving CBT, MBSR, or usual care for chronic back pain

Silvia Ussai
Mislead in pain management: an Italian screenshot

Carolina Valencia
Effect of high and low frequency TENS on central pain processing in patients with knee osteoarthritis and healthy controls

April Vallerand
Perceived control over pain explains the relationship between pain and distress

Manouela Valtcheva
Neurotrophic factors selectively modulate scratching behavior and sensory neuron responses to pruritogens

Janet Van Cleave
Characterizing pain at diagnosis of head and neck cancer in an underserved population

Carol Vance
A novel method to obtain higher intensity TENS stimulation in clinical application

Carol Vance
Skin impedance is not a factor in TENS analgesia

Kiran Vangara
Evaluation of liquid spray technology for sublingual drug delivery

Alison Vargovich
Predicting opioid prescribing: influence of an expert opioid-risk evaluation

Alison Vargovich
The role of alexithymia in pain catastrophizing and functioning among chronic pain patients in an interdisciplinary chronic pain program

Kathleen Vaughan
Temporal summation testing provides evidence for increased pain sensitivity and central sensitization in sickle cell anemia

Synne Venuti
Prescriber attitudes regarding treating patients with extended release/long acting opioids

Marc Vera
The lived experience of pain in adolescents diagnosed with cystic fibrosis

Claire Vernon
Kainate receptor composition in primary sensory neuron

Brinder Vij
Prevalence of migraine headaches in patients with Fibromyalgia

Marie Ashley Villard
Few individuals at high risk of persistent musculoskeletal pain after motor vehicle collision receive early psychological or physiotherapy intervention

Pauline Voon
Correlates of pain among high-risk patients on methadone maintenance treatment

Christopher Voscopoulos
The use of a non-invasive respiratory volume monitor to identify patients at high-risk for opioid-induced respiratory depression for a low-dose opioid regimen in the PACU

Megan Waite
Behavioral and physiological effects of a newly-developed Sub-optimal American Diet (SAD) in rats

David Walega
Evaluation of anxiety in procedure naïve patients during cervical and lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures

Janiece Walker
A confirmatory factor analysis of the survey of pain beliefs scale in African American women with osteoarthritis

Janiece Walker
Pre- and post-operative sleep is associated with post-operative pain and functioning following total knee replacements

Mark Wallace
Pain relief and improvement in sleep in treatment of neuropathic pain

Yue Wang
A membrane-delimited N-myristoylated CRMP2 peptide aptamer inhibits CaV2.2 trafficking and reverses post-operative pain behaviors

Lynn Webster
CR845, a novel peripherally-acting kappa opioid receptor agonist, has low abuse potential compared with pentazocine

Lynn Webster
Treatment with naloxegol versus placebo: pain assessment in patients with noncancer pain and opioid-induced constipation

Lynn Webster
Analysis of opioid-mediated analgesia in studies with methylnaltrexone for opioid-induced constipation in patients with chronic noncancer pain

Warren Wen
A 24-week extension of an open-label, long-term safety study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of once-daily, single-entity, hydrocodone in patients with chronic nonmalignant and non-neuropathic pain

Warren Wen
Evaluation of once-daily hydrocodone in patient subgroups

Ryne Weppler
The role of diet in the etiology and severity of rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective analysis of the NHANES I Epidemiological Follow-up Study (NHEFS) cohort

Tori Wheelis
Disparities in gender and weight bias toward chronic low back pain patients

Eva Widerstrom-Noga
Pain after TBI is associated with lower brain N-acetyl-aspartate concentrations

Amy Williams
Chronic pain and prescription opioid use in rural bariatric surgery patients

Hants Williams
Implementation of a social worker screening process to explore unmet psychological and social needs for adults with sickle cell disease in the emergency department

Marian Wilson
Implementing nurse-delivered massage to promote comfort among hospitalized inpatients

Sarah Woller
Characterization of Toll-like receptor signaling in pain and arthritis in female mice

Donald Wong
Tetrodotoxin treatment of mechanical allodynia in rats with oxaliplatin and vincristine-induced neuropathy

Jai Shankar Yadlapalli
Analgesic profile of morphine 6-O-sulfate sodium: a mixed mu/delta agonist in the treatment of diabetic neuropathic pain

Esther Yakobov
Pain catastrophizing and the perception of duration of exposure to painful stimulation

Qing Yang
Targeting KCNQ channels to prevent and ameliorate paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy

Qing Yang
Targeting KCNQ channels to prevent spinal cord injury-induced chronic pain

C. Yeh
Auricular point acupressure to manage symptom clusters of pain, fatigue, and disturbed sleep in breast cancer patients

Tomohisa Yokoyama
Influence of cancer pain on the health-related quality of life of cancer patients：an internet-based survey

Dokyoung You
Increased neurogenic and inflammatory pain in healthy young adults with greater early life stress

Kevin Zacharoff
The integration of healthcare provider and patient education with a standardized chronic pain assessment

Kunyu Zhang
The influence of fear level on structural brain changes in Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Yanping Zheng
Time to onset of pain relief with biphasic immediate-release/extended-release hydrocodone bitartrate/acetaminophen in patients with acute postoperative pain: a randomized controlled trial

Yanping Zheng
Open-label 14-Day safety extension of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of biphasic immediate-release/extended-release hydrocodone bitartrate/acetaminophen tablets for acute postoperative pain

Jennifer Zocca
Factors associated with prescription opioid abuse in a cross-sectional cohort of new pain clinic patients

Roman Zolotoy
Complex regional pain syndrome caused by necrotic arachnidism after a brown recluse spider bite: a case report

Roman Zolotoy
Exacerbation of spasticity-related pain after occlusion of intrathecal baclofen pump catheter in a patient with excessive pump movement: a case report