The Scandinavian Journal of Pain publishes high quality reports on original experimental and clinical pain research, observational
studies, and educational case reports. To bring the readership up to date with focused reviews of appropriate topics of interest for
clinicians and pain researchers.
The journal will also publish abstracts of invited lectures and free presentations at the Scandinavian
pain meetings. Letters to the Editor commenting on published papers are welcome. The journal will include announcements and comments
on important pain meetings, educational activities, and research projects related to pain.
The goals of the SASP are exclusively
educational, scientific and charitable in nature. The aims are:
To connect Scandinavian pain researchers from basic to clinical
sciences in a multidisciplinary research network acting in close collaboration with the scientific committees of the national pain societies
and IASP chapters
To foster and encourage research on pain mechanisms as well as on diagnosis and treatment of clinical pain
in order to improve the management of patients with acute and chronic pain
To promote educational and training in the area of
pain research in the Nordic countries
To inform physicians, other health professionals and general public of the advances in
pain research and pain therapy by means of the Scandinavian Journal of Pain and dedicated websites for the membership and general
public
To promote the general objectives and goals of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP®) on the
field of pain research.
