Hyacinth O, Silva-Rodrigues FM, Nunes MDR, et al. - Researchers conducted the study for comparing children with sickle cell disease (SCD) who had normal sensory patterns (NSPs) and abnormal sensory patterns (ASPs) in pain experience, physical function, pain coping, and pain catastrophizing. From a larger study that examined pain and symptoms in children with SCD, children with quantitative sensory testing data were chosen. Comparisons were made between NSP children (n = 35; 13.9 ± 1.9 years) and ASP children (n = 13; 12.8 ± 1.9 years). There were no major variations between the NSP and ASP in pain intensity  (2.9 ± 3.0 vs 2.6 ± 2.8 on 0–10 Visual Analog Scale), respectively. Lower extremities, head and neck, and upper extremities were the most common marked pain sites for both groups. Findings suggested that children with SCD with ASP had a worse functional disability, displayed more affective pain quality, and had emotion-focused pain coping compared with NSP.