Sickle cell disease chronic joint pain: Clinical assessment based on maladaptive central nervous system plasticity

Chronic joint pain (CJP) is among the significant musculoskeletal comorbidities in sickle cell disease (SCD) individuals. However, many healthcare professionals have difficulties in understanding and evaluating it. In addition, most musculoskeletal evaluation procedures do not consider central nervo...

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Main Authors: Tiago da Silva Lopes, Samir K. Ballas, Jamille Evelyn Rodrigues Souza Santana, Pedro de Melo-Carneiro, Lilian Becerra de Oliveira, Katia Nunes Sá, Larissa Conceição Dias Lopes, Wellington dos Santos Silva, Rita Lucena, Abrahão Fontes Baptista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.679053/full