title: Technology for chronic pain.
abstract: Technology developed for chronic pain management has been fast evolving and offers new stand-alone prospects for the diagnosis and treatment of pain, rather than simply addressing the limitations of pharmacology-based approaches. There are two central challenges to be tackled: developing objective measures that capture the subjectivity of pain experience, and providing technology-based interventions that offer new approaches for pain management. Here we highlight recent developments that hold promise in addressing both of these challenges.
authors.affiliation: Center for Information and Neural Networks, NICT, Japan. Electronic address: syzhang@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Suyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Information and Neural Networks, NICT, Japan; Computational and Biological Learning Lab, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: bjs49@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seymour
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000639:trends*; D013672:Technology