Many different treatments exist for low back pain (LBP). Often they are multidisciplinary, involving physiotherapists, psychologists and medical doctors. However, when these treatments are tested in experimental studies many produce only small treatment effects when ...
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How can we design low back pain intervention studies to better explain the effects of treatment?
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Can Pain Neuroscience Education Improve Endogenous Pain Inhibition?
Many chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders are characterized by the presence of central sensitization, which implies that the central nervous system is in a hypersensitive state in those who suffer from these disorders. Sensitivity to pain ...
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Emerging research trends on the relationship between sleep and pain
The relationship between pain and sleep quality is well reported in the literature. Sleep complaints are present in up to 88% of chronic pain disorders [1] and at least 50% of patients presenting with insomnia ...
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Directing Attention to Pain
Pain captures our attention instantaneously, and makes it hard to pay attention to anything else. But is it possible to direct attention to pain voluntarily and in a specific manner? Which brain mechanisms would drive ...
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From Cue to Meaning
Sensory cues in our environment continuously guide processing in the brain. A simple touch, tone or a flash of light shapes our thought process countless numbers of times per day. In pain, cues leading to ...