With the inclusion of chronic pain in the new ICD-11 a giant step has been taken. The inclusion of chronic pain conditions in the ICD-11 will increase the recognition of chronic pain as a health problem in its own right and contribute to improved access to adequate...
We had the pleasure of hosting over 3,500 attendees, a 30% increase on the last meeting, and enjoyed exceptionally high participation in our scientific sessions and refresher courses. We believe some new innovations, such as the young investigators session format and...
EFIC on the Move campaign raises awareness of the importance of physical activity in preventing primary and secondary pain. A multidisciplinary group of experts (physiotherapy, rehabilitation specialist, medical doctors and patients), with the review of the European...
Results from the Pain Alliance Europe’s 2019 survey show the significant problem of stigma in the area of pain. Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) arranged a workshop to identify the issues which lead to stigma in the area of pain and find solutions to improve the quality of...
This year, on the third weekend of June, we had the opportunity to join the SIG Pediatric Pain of IASP and to hold our annual Congress 2019 on the Education Day of the ISPP 2019. In order to bring our society closer to the 250 participants of the Education Day (45% of...
EFIC Pain School took place in Pörtschah, near Klagenfurt in September 2019. This pain school received students from different countries: from Croatia to Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Germany, and Norway. Among the participants,...
The activities of the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) partners at the EFIC Congress started with the meeting of about 25 representatives of the eight SIP national platforms (Spain, Portugal, France, Malta, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland). In this gathering, SIP...
Dear Mrs. Kyriakides, I am writing on behalf of the European Pain Federation EFIC® to congratulate you on your nomination as the next European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. EFIC® represents close to 20,000 physicians, basic researchers, nurses,...
VALENCIA, 5 September 2019 – Patients can experience amazing reductions in pain simply by understanding how pain actually works and how their body and brain can be changed, delegates at the European Pain Federation’s biennial Congress in Valencia, Spain, will be told...
VALENCIA, 4 September 2019 – Multi-modal pain treatment for cancer patients, as well as continuous assessment and understanding the risk factors for opioid misuse, will reduce the potential harm of opioids in cancer care, delegates at the European Pain Federation’s...
VALENCIA, 4 September 2019 – Gene studies reveal that about half of our sensitivity to pain is determined by our genetic makeup, with key differences caused by variant forms of individual genes, delegates at the European Pain Federation’s biennial Congress in...
VALENCIA, 3 September 2019 – Migraines affect around 15% of the general population (around 1.2bn people globally) and the disorder is three times more prevalent in women than in men, delegates at the European Pain Federation’s biennial Congress in Valencia, Spain,...
BRUSSELS, 2 September 2019 – New research into objective measurement of pain could be a ‘game-changer’ for patients, delegates at the European Pain Federation’s biennial Congress in Valencia, Spain, will be told. Until now, a patient’s experience of pain has always...
The World Physical Therapy Day takes place every year on the 8th of September. The theme of this year is chronic pain. The campaign highlights the role of physical therapists in helping people with chronic pain to take control of their condition, increase their...
“It’s easy for researchers to be confined by their research questions,” says E-G-G winner Joukje Oosterman, PhD. Joukje is a research psychologist with a specialty in the fields of ageing, pain and cognitive performance. However, in the development of the E-G-G...
