title: Introduction: The ABCs of Musculoskeletal Pain.
abstract: Pain has been defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.1 This definition is particularly relevant because it takes into account the emotional component of pain, which can modify the pain signal, and recognizes that tissue damage encompasses potential as well as actual damage.
authors: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, USA.
authors: Gary E
authors: GE
authors: Ruoff
mesh_terms: D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010147:Pain Measurement