… preliminary support for the predictive validity and utility of the Pain Stages of Change … to the
self-management of chronic pain. Results particularly encourage continued application of the …

… We compared brain activations in response to acute noxious thermal stimuli in controls
and chronic back pain (CBP) … value and anticipates its analgesic potential on chronic pain. …

… future placebo response in the clinical setting in patients with chronic osteoarthritis pain. We
… By modeling the expected placebo response in subjects receiving active drug treatment, we …

… Pain, however, is not solely a response to nociception. Pain and all related responses of the
patient in pain … do not reliably predict outcome from BT-CBT for chronic pain. Patients who …

… to be highly threatening emit stronger unconditioned pain responses. Prolonged avoidance
and safety behaviors are assumed to be critical for the development of chronic pain. …

… the role of patient characteristics in predicting response to treatment in a sample of HIV-positive
patients receiving 12 weekly sessions of a CBT-based pain management protocol. …

The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that attachment insecurity is associated
with poorer responses to interdisciplinary treatment for chronic pain. Patients (n = 235) …

… to prospectively examine whether chronic pain patient and physician pretreatment expectations
of pain relief predict post-treatment patient pain relief and change in pain. Prior reports …

… to chronic pain is perceived stress and stress response … the physiologic stress response
and chronic pain symptoms. … , chronic pain and other somatic symptoms can be predicted by …

… should be assessed not by its prognostic value alone, but also by its ability to predict
differential response to specific treatments, and to identify risk factors elucidating causal …