Opening Session:
Rui Medeiros, Julio Oliveira, Ana Espirito Santo
Chapter I Chairs:
Carina Fernandes, Julio Oliveira and Deolinda Pereira
Introduction: Understanding Pain and the PAINLESS project
Rui Medeiros, IPO Porto, Portugal
Pathophysiology of pain: introduction and updating research
Isaura Tavares, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Portugal
Polymorphisms and the road to Precision Medicine for Pain
Claudia Vieira, IPO Porto, Portugal
Electrophysiological indices of pain perception
Alberto Villar, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
11h20 COFFEE BREAK
Chapter II Chairs: Susana Oliveira, Paula Silva and Rui Medeiros
New biomarkers for assessing thin fibre affections in patients with diabetic neuropathy and after chemotherapy induced neurotoxicity
Carsten Dahl Mørch, Aalborg University, Denmark
Quantitative profiling of pain patients
Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Pain relief in palliative care of cancer using home-based neuromodulation and predictive biomarkers (The PAINLESS Project)
Maite Carrilho, Universidade Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Closing Remarks:
Rui Medeiros, Maite Carrilho and Claudia Vieira
