In our recently published paper we examined if fearful anticipation of pain leads to the prioritization of somatosensory sensations at body locations where pain is expected to occur.
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Expecto ergo sentio – I expect therefore I feel
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Fear, disability, chickens and eggs
The Fear Avoidance Model has been a big player in the recent history of chronic pain research and clinical practice. But a model doesn’t stand or fall on plausibility alone. What we need to know is given the predictions of the model, what do the data tell us?
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Altered brain function and structure in chronic low back pain
Many studies trying to unravel the chronic pain picture suggest that differences in central pain-transmitting systems may explain chronic pain. Our body disposes of several internal mechanisms to regulate the pain, which are deficient in patients with whiplash associated disorders, fibromyalgia, etc. We reviewed the central pain processing in patients with chronic low back pain.
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Measuring knowledge change in Explain Pain interventions
The patient-version of the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire has been used extensively to assess pain biology knowledge in patients. Yet, despite its widespread use, the NPQ had never been formally assessed.
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Can pain change our brain maps?
That S1 reorganises with pain, and the S1 representation of the CRPS-affected hand is smaller, is widely assumed and accepted. We wanted to know the true state of the evidence; had all the studies come to the same conclusion?