The International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: as valid in 2018 as in 1979, but in need of regularly updated footnotes

Rolf-Detlef Treede, Rolf-Detlef Treede

Abstract

Milton Cohen, John Quintner, and Simon van Rysewyk proposed a revision of the IASP definition of pain of 1979. This commentary summarizes, why this proposal is useful for guiding assessment of pain, but not its definition.

Conflict of interest statement

Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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