About the Authors

Stefan A. W. Bouwense

Affiliation Pain and Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Søren S. Olesen

Affiliation Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Asbjørn M. Drewes

Affiliations Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Jan-Werner Poley

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Harry van Goor

Affiliation Pain and Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Oliver H. G. Wilder-Smith

o.wildersmith@anes.umcn.nl

Affiliation Pain and Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The study was investigator initiated and Pfizer donated capsules of pregabalin and placebo. The authors have no conflict of interest regarding this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAWB SSO AMD HvG OHGW. Performed the experiments: SAWB SSO AMD HvG OHGW. Analyzed the data: SAWB OHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAWB SSO AMD JWP HvG OHGW. Wrote the paper: SAWB SSO AMD JWP HvG OHGW. Inclusion of patients, acquisition of data: SAWB SSO AMD JWP HvG OHGW.