ANNUAL CONFERENCE

VICTORIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA

MAY 27—MAY 30, 2008

FAIRMONT EMPRESS HOTEL &

VICTORIA CONFERENCE CENTRE

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Sex differences in pain and analgesia are widely reported, from laboratory experiments to epidemiological studies.  A brief overview of sexual differentiation of pain and opioid analgesia will be provided, with emphasis on organizational and activational effects of gonadal steroid hormones on the opioid system.

 

            

AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN ARTHRITIS PAIN PROCESSING

Jason McDougall, BSc, PhD, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

 

Pain perception is known to change with age. This presentation will explore the effect of age on peripheral pain sensing mechanisms that have been revealed in animal models of arthritis.

 

 

 

 

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evidence will be presented that unrelieved pain after cardiac surgery is common and after discharge it may persist with a neuropathic component.  Management strategies involving clinicians and organizations will be discussed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a prevalent and life disrupting condition thought to primarily impact men aged 30-50 years. Our NIH-sponsored research team has forged new directions in urological research by examining the determinants of pain, disability, quality of life, and sexual functioning in North American CP/CPPS samples using a biopsychosocial framework. Recently, we have again extended this body of research by examining the epidemiology and impact of such pain associated symptoms in younger North American and African males (16-19 years). These studies and future avenues for research will be reviewed in this address.

Surgery and Persistent Pain

Judy Watt-Watson, RN, PhD, University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Toronto, Ontario

2008 CPS Distinguished Career Award

The Emerging Biopsychosocial Model of a Male Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Dean A. Tripp, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology, Aesthesiology and Urology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

2008 CPS Early Career Award Winner

Sex-related differences in pain and analgesia

Rebecca M. Craft, PhD, Professor and Director of Experimental Training, Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington