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PAIN 155 (2014) 1
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Introducing Bridging the Gaps: A new form of special commentary for PAINÒ
PAINÒ is known for publishing the best basic and applied science research in the field. In fact, many readers report that the ability to review papers that span the range from the cellular mechanisms of pain to the epidemiology of pain is one of the major appeals of the journal. At the same time, it is sometimes a challenge for a clinically oriented reader to grasp the significance of a basic science paper or for a basic science reader to understand how the findings of an applied paper might be relevant to basic science. Although the gaps between basic and applied science are apparent to many, it is clear that efforts to bridge those gaps, such as translational research efforts, can open important new avenues for understanding and treating pain. In this issue we launch the first in a series of commentaries on articles published in PAINÒ. Commentaries published in this new section, Bridging the Gaps: A Special Commentary, focus on a targeted basic-science or applied-science article published in that issue. The commentaries will be written either jointly by a basic scientist and an applied scientist or by an individual whose interests span both basic and clinical science. Each commentary in the Bridging the Gaps series highlights the links between basic and applied science, with a particular emphasis on the implications of findings reported for both basic and applied scientists. To lead off this series, we are fortunate to have a commentary written by senior author Dr. Timothy Brennan, who is both a basic scientist and a practicing pain-medicine physician. Dr. Brennan’s
Bridging the Gaps commentary focuses on an article published in this issue by Kim et al. titled Comparison of postoperative pain in the first and second knee in staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty: clinical evidence of enhanced pain sensitivity following surgical injury. A key finding of this study is that there is increased pain when patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery undergo a second knee replacement surgery. Dr. Brennan’s commentary highlights the many reasons this finding is relevant to both clinicians and scientists. We look forward to publishing other Bridging the Gaps commentaries in future issues and are confident that our readers will find these offerings to be both interesting and valuable. Editor in Chief ⇑ Francis J. Keefe Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 668 2806. E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected]
0304-3959/$36.00 Ó 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Association for the Study of Pain. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.019
PAIN 155 (2014) 1
www.elsevier.com/locate/pain
Introducing Bridging the Gaps: A new form of special commentary for PAINÒ
PAINÒ is known for publishing the best basic and applied science research in the field. In fact, many readers report that the ability to review papers that span the range from the cellular mechanisms of pain to the epidemiology of pain is one of the major appeals of the journal. At the same time, it is sometimes a challenge for a clinically oriented reader to grasp the significance of a basic science paper or for a basic science reader to understand how the findings of an applied paper might be relevant to basic science. Although the gaps between basic and applied science are apparent to many, it is clear that efforts to bridge those gaps, such as translational research efforts, can open important new avenues for understanding and treating pain. In this issue we launch the first in a series of commentaries on articles published in PAINÒ. Commentaries published in this new section, Bridging the Gaps: A Special Commentary, focus on a targeted basic-science or applied-science article published in that issue. The commentaries will be written either jointly by a basic scientist and an applied scientist or by an individual whose interests span both basic and clinical science. Each commentary in the Bridging the Gaps series highlights the links between basic and applied science, with a particular emphasis on the implications of findings reported for both basic and applied scientists. To lead off this series, we are fortunate to have a commentary written by senior author Dr. Timothy Brennan, who is both a basic scientist and a practicing pain-medicine physician. Dr. Brennan’s
Bridging the Gaps commentary focuses on an article published in this issue by Kim et al. titled Comparison of postoperative pain in the first and second knee in staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty: clinical evidence of enhanced pain sensitivity following surgical injury. A key finding of this study is that there is increased pain when patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery undergo a second knee replacement surgery. Dr. Brennan’s commentary highlights the many reasons this finding is relevant to both clinicians and scientists. We look forward to publishing other Bridging the Gaps commentaries in future issues and are confident that our readers will find these offerings to be both interesting and valuable. Editor in Chief ⇑ Francis J. Keefe Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 668 2806. E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected]
0304-3959/$36.00 Ó 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Association for the Study of Pain. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.019
