The Science of Pain and its Management

Cognitive modulation of pain
Dr Enrica Laura Santarcangelo, MD PhD, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

A Focus On Neck-Pain
Dr Hans Richter, Ph.D., Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Gävle University, Sweden

Improving the management of chronic pain with information and communication technologies. The case of Fibroline as an example
Dr. Jordi Miró, Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain - ALGOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Pain Management in Children  or Procedural Sedation in Children.
Dr Savithiri Ratnapalan MBBS, MEd, MRCP, FRCPC, FAAP Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Academic Educator, Centre for Faculty Development University of Toronto Staff Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology The  Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Assessing pain and improving pain management in children with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities
Professor Marc Zabalia, Professeur de Psychologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Actions Langagières et Motrices (EA 4649), Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032, F-14032 Caen cedex 5, France

Keeping the animal safe-pain and the sensorimotor system
Professor Candy McCabe, Professor of Nursing and Pain Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, NIHR Career Development Fellow Consultant Nurse, Bath Centre for Pain Services, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath, UK

Vulvar Pain: from Accurate Diagnosis to Evidence Based Treatment
Dr Gary Ventolini, MD , FACOG, FAAFP, Regional Dean and Professor, The Jan and Ted Roden Endowed Chair for the Regional Dean, School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,Odessa, TX, USA

The Limbic System and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Mr Kieran Macphail, Bowskill Clinic, London, UK

Nasal oxytocin blocks trigeminal CGRP release and is therapeutic for chronic migraine headache
Dr. David C. Yeomans, Director of Pain Research, Faculty of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, US

The Shared Neuroanatomy and Neurobiology of Chronic Pain and PTSD
Dr Erica R. Scioli-Salter, Ph.D., Clinical Research Psychologist, Research Service, Affiliate of Women's Health Sciences Division (WHSD), National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston, MA, US

Immunology of chronic pain
Professor Yara Dadalti Fragoso, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, SP, Brazil

Is the baby 'asleep'?: Quantifying critically unwell infant's pain and sedation
Dr. Stephen McKeever, R.G.N, RN (Child), ENB 998 & 415, Dip.Trop.Nurse, BSc.(Hons), Ph.D., NIHR Clinical Research Network: Children, CRN: North Thames, England, UK

Insular cortex stimulation as a tool for refractory pain treatment
Dr Camila Squarzoni Dale, University of São Paulo, Av. Lineu Prestes 2415 S104B, São Paulo, Brazil

The Role of Central Sensitisation in Knee Osteoarthritis: Improving the Understanding and Management of Pain
Dr. Anushka Soni, University of Oxford, Botnar Research Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, UK

Pain in Cerebral Palsy
Assoc. Professor Kristina Tedroff MD, PhD, Pediatric neurologist, Q202, Neuropediatric unit, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

Validating a pain location tool  for children
Dr James K.M. Hamill, University of Auckland, Department of Surgery, 4th floor, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Neuropathic pain - what can Man's best friend teach us? - naturally occurring neuropathic pain conditions in dogs and cats
Dr Clare Rusbridge BVMS PhD DECVN MRCVS, Reader in Veterinary Neurology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Duke of Kent building, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7TE, UK

In sick-listed low back pain patients unsuccessful return to work was Predicted by a multivariate model, and type 1 modic changes was the only Degenerative manifestation negatively associated with outcome
Dr Ole Kudsk Jensen, Consultant, PhD, Spine Center, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark

Engaging patients with acute abdominal pain in pain management
Mrs. Helen Schultz, RN, MScN, PhD, University of Southern, Surgical Department, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark

Safety on the use of locals anesthesics on the surgical treatment
Surgery Professor (Professor Titular) Flavio Antonio de Sá Ribeiro, Resherche Coordenator and Surgeon, Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso, Ministerio da Saúde - Governo Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil