A stress-muscle hyperactivity-pain (SMP) model has been proposed to explain the etiology
of certain musculoskeletal pain disorders. According to this model, subjects should show …

The psychophysiological theory of stress-hyperactivity, as used to explain chronic benign
muscle pain, contains two links: a direct link between stress and hyperactivity and an implicit …

Fourteen musicians who reported a history of pain in the upper limb associated with the
playing of their instruments were compared with a sample of pain-free musicians, matched …

Objective The study examined symptom-specific muscle hyperreactivity in patients with
chronic pain with upper limb cumulative trauma disorder (CTD). Design Four tasks were …

This project explored the effect of muscle activity on stress response. An integrated bio-
behavioral model of stress, derived from work by Roy, Frankenhauser, and others served as …

Due to disparate findings across the published studies, the stress-hyperactivity hypothesis
has never been fully accepted as a causal mechanism for chronic muscle pain. Two recent …

Generalizability theory is an extension of classical reliability theory that allows multiple
sources of measurement error in an experimental design to be investigated simultaneously …

Psychological factors in skeletal muscle tension and complaints are the focus of this chapter.
Part of the research discussed is taken from a research program that has been going on for …

The study examined the relationship between pain development in the shoulder, neck, and
facial regions and the EMG activity of underlying muscles, during prolonged exposure to a …

Psychophysiological assessments of chronic musculoskeletal pain—specifically chronic
back pain—have become very popular over the last decade (cf. Cram, 1988; Dolce & …