One of the perplexing features of pain is the wide variability in patients′ responses to
ostensibly the same extent of physical pathology. A range of cognitive, affective and …

This study investigated the prevalence of back pain, disability, and, of most importance, the
presence of misconceptions about low back pain (LBP), its diagnosis and treatment in a …

Several studies have used neuroimaging techniques to investigate brain correlates of the
attentional modulation of pain. Although these studies have advanced the knowledge in the …

The last few decades has seen psychological theories of chronic pain dominated by
behavioural concepts and particularly, by the operant model as described by Fordyce et …

Nederhand MJ, IJzerman MJ, Hermens HJ, Turk DC, Zilvold G. Predictive value of fear
avoidance in developing chronic neck pain disability: consequences for clinical decision …

Using a primary task paradigm this study investigated whether attentional disruption to a low-
intensity electrocutaneous pain stimulus is enhanced by the threat of intense pain. Healthy …

This experiment was set up to test the hypothesis that confrontation with feared movements
would lead to symptom-specific muscular reactivity in chronic low back pain patients who …

Objectives The goal of this study was to examine the relative contribution of helplessness,
fear of pain, and passive pain-coping to pain level, disability, and depression in chronic pain …

Objective and design. In a randomized controlled study, we investigated whether pain
anticipation and fear-avoidance beliefs will lead to behavioral avoidance. Patients. Fifty …

This paper outlines an amendment to current fear-avoidance models of chronic pain. These
models propose that fear and avoidance behavior contribute significantly to the …