Increasing pain levels are associated with possible desegregation of the default mode network and the prefrontal cortex as well as alterations in default mode network connectivity during rest in adolescents with pain.
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in children was found to occur more frequently in the lower extremities and in girls and was associated with improvement after treatment, according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of Pain. The study included children with CRPS who visited a pediatric chronic pain clinic in Canada over a…