Background Pro‐nociceptive and anti‐nociceptive mechanisms are commonly assessed in
clinical and experimental pain studies, but their potential interaction is not well understood …

Objectives Patients' beliefs and expectations about their pain have been identified as
important disabling factors in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Besides fear-avoidance beliefs …

This study examined the role of prior warning time, cognitive preparation and self-efficacy in
the reaction to cold-pressor pain that has a substantial stimulus duration and leaves a …

Abstract Introduction Consistent with the Bayesian brain hypothesis, the within-subject
variability of pain intensity reports as captured with the Focused Analgesia Selection Test …

Specialty training in pain medicine, particularly in western societies, is seen as a technical
field that requires the mastery of many interventions such as pain-relieving medications …

The current study examined the effects of acceptance of thoughts, mindful awareness of
breathing, and spontaneous coping on both pain tolerance and pain threshold during a cold …

Although hypervigilance may play a role in some clinical pain syndromes, experimental
vigilance toward painful stimuli has been studied infrequently. We evaluated vigilance …

Background Classical conditioning has frequently been shown to be capable of evoking fear
of pain and avoidance behavior in the context of chronic pain. However, whether pain itself …

Objectives: Previous research indicates that reducing fear of movement-related pain is
hampered by engaging in safety-seeking behavior. We tested the hypothesis that fear …

Patients with work-related upper extremity pain (WRUED) experience disability in daily life
activities. The factors that influence levels of disability are still unclear. Both excessive …