BACKGROUND: Pain sensitivity has been negatively associated with physical activity levels.
Few studies have examined associations between experimentally induced pain sensitivity …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders,
causing significant personal and social burden. Current research is focused on the …

Background Mechanical quantitative sensory testing (QST) assesses sensory functioning
and detects functional changes in (central) nociceptive processing. It has been hypothesized …

Purpose. Most studies of low back pain (LBP) and functional limitation have been cross-
sectional, and show only modest correlations between pain and function. Though functional …

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) was shown to be associated with pathophysiological
changes at several levels of the sensorimotor system. Changes in sensory thresholds have …

Purpose. Pain catastrophizing may contribute to the altered trunk muscle activity in patients
with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). It is unclear if pain catastrophizing …

Pain catastrophizing is associated with enhanced temporal summation of pain (TS-Pain).
However, because prior studies have found that pain catastrophizing is not associated with …

Background It would be desirable to identify patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) who
are at high risk for transition to chronic pain early in the course of their disease. This would …

Sixty-two chronic low back pain patients were administered the Coping Strategies
Questionnaire (CSQ) to assess the frequency of use and perceived effectiveness of a variety …

Abstract Background and Purpose. Palpation is often utilized in the physical examination of
patients with low back pain. The purpose of this study was to compare the pressure pain …