AACP American Academy of Craniofacial Pain

AAPM American Academy of Pain Management

AAPM American Academy of Pain Medicine

AAOP American Academy of Orofacial Pain

ABOP American Board of Orofacial Pain

ACPA American Chronic Pain Association

AFP Atypical Facial Pain

ALBP Acute Low Back Pain

APF American Pain Foundation (Founded in 1997)

APS Australian Pain Society

Arnold neuralgia Névralgie de Arnold -See PubMed Arnold neuralgia

ASAP Acute or Subacute Abdominal Pain - See PubMed ASAP

Association Ensemble contre la douleur (Suisse)

Bedsore pain Douleur d'escarre de decubitus - See PubMed Bedsore pain

BPS Back Pain Syndrome

Burning pain Douleur cuisante

Bywater's syndrome Syndrome de Bywater - See PubMed Bywater's syndrome

Calf pain Douleur de mollet - See PubMed Calf pain

CAWP Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain - See PubMed CAWP

CLBP Chronic Low Back Pain - See PubMed CLBP

COCHPA Cocaine associated Chest Pain

CPAC Chronic Pain Association of Canada

CPP Chronic Pelvic Pain

CPPS Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

CPTP Chronic Postvasectomy Testicular Pain - See PubMed CPTP

CRPS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - See PubMed CRPS

Crush syndrome Syndrome de compression - See PubMed Crush syndrome

CSPS Chronic Scrotal Pain Syndrome - See PubMed CSPS

CVPS Chronic Vulvar Pain Syndrome - See PubMed CVPS

DRS Douleur RétroSternale

EVA Échelle Visuelle Analogique (Idem VAS)

FMS FibroMyalgia Syndrome

GPLS Generalized Pain of the Locomotive System - See PubMed GPLS

IASP International Association for the Study of Pain

ICPP Idiopathic Chronic Pelvic Pain - See PubMed ICPP

ILBP Inflammatory Low Back Pain - See PubMed ILBP

Institut UPSA de la douleur Luttons ensemble conttre la douleur.

Intractable pain Douleur réfractaire

LBP Low Back Pain / Lombalgie basse

LBPS Low Back Pain with Sciatica - See PubMed LBPS

Migratory pain Douleur migrante

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain The National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support for patients who are suffering from intractable pain, their families, friends and the physicians who treat them.

NP Neuropathic Pain

NPF National Pain Foundation

PAES Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome / Syndrome du défilé de l'artère poplitée - See PubMed PAES

PID Pain Intensity Difference

Pressure pain Douleur de pression

PUF Pelvic pain Urgency and Frequency (patient symptom scale)

rACC rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex / Cortex cingulé antérieur (Zone du cerveau impliquée dans la perception de la douleur)

- See PubMed rACC

Radiating pain Douleur rayonnante

SDTB Syndrome du Défilé Thoraco-Brachial (syndrome du scalène antérieur)

Sexual fear and aversion A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of sexual pain, dyspareunia, vulvodynia and pelvic pain.

SMP Sympathetically Maintained Pain - See PubMed SMP

SPID Syndrome Polyalgique Idiopathique Diffus (Fibromyalgie)

SPID Sum(s) of Pain Intensity Difference(s) - See PubMed SPID

Splitting pain Douleur de décollement

TNP Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain

TOTPAR Total Pain Relief - See PubMed TOTPAR

VAPS Visual Analog Pain Scale / Échelle analogique visuelle de la douleur - See PubMed VAPS

VAS Visual Analog Scale (same as EVA)