Prior research indicates that older adults exhibit a deficient capacity to activate multiple pain
inhibitory mechanisms, including pain inhibition after acute exercise termed exercise …

Background: Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a common genital pain disorder in women
that is associated with sexual dysfunction and lowered sexual satisfaction. A potentially …

Excessive fear of movement-related pain (FMRP), and its associated avoidance behavior, is
considered a major risk factor for disability in chronic musculoskeletal pain. The current …

Abstract Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a standard
instrument regularly used to assess disease activity of patients with ankylosing spondylitis …

Background Multidisciplinary pain management programs based on cognitive behavioral
training (CBT) principles have been shown moderately effective in improving daily …

Background Chronic pain and the accompanying level of disability is a healthcare crisis that
reaches epidemic proportions and is now considered a world level crisis. Chronic non …

Background Psychosocial variables such as fear of movement, depression, and pain
catastrophizing have been shown to be important prognostic factors for a wide range of pain …

Over the past two decades increasingly compelling research has identified pain
catastrophizing as an important psychological risk factor for a wide range of pain-related …

Background The fear‐avoidance model (FAM) is a leading theoretical paradigm for
explaining persistent pain following musculoskeletal injury. The model suggests that as …

Introduction Beliefs about pain are known to be important factors in recovery, most notably in
LBP. Relatively less is known about the role of pain beliefs in Whiplash Associated Disorder …