Congratulations to senior scientist, Lise Hestbaek DC, PhD, for this publication.
Experience of early-life pain is seemingly associated with spinal pain in pre-adolescence. The study highlights that early-life painful experiences can influence programming future pain responses.
Early-life programming of pain sensation? Spinal pain in pre-adolescents with pain experience in early life
| What is Known: • Spinal pain in pre-adolescents is common, causes marked discomfort and impairment in everyday life, and may be an important predictor of spinal pain later in life. • Neurobiological mechanisms have been suggested as involved in early programming of pain sensitization. |
| What is New: • Pain exposure in early postnatal life in terms of infantile colic and recurrent otitis media is associated with spinal pain in pre-adolescence; thus, experience of such painful conditions in the early postnatal period may seemingly influence programming of future pain sensation. |
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