An emerging technique in chronic pain research is MRI, which has led to the understanding
that chronic pain patients display brain structure and function alterations. Many of these …

While chronic pain is considered by some to be a CNS disease, little is understood about
underlying neurobiological mechanisms. Addiction models have heuristic value in this …

INTERVENTIONS-MANUAL THERAPY: Clinicians should consider utilizing thrust
manipulative procedures to reduce pain and disability in patients with mobility deficits and …

This article provides a neurobiological account of symptoms that have been called
'hysterical','psychogenic'or 'medically unexplained', which we will call functional motor and …

Abstract In Study 1, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) was administered to 425
undergraduates. Analyses yielded a three component solution comprising (a) rumination,(b) …

In an attempt to explain how and why some individuals with musculoskeletal pain develop a
chronic pain syndrome, Lethem et al.(Lethem J, Slade PD, Troup JDG, Bentley G. Outline of …

Neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies have shown that nociceptive stimuli elicit
responses in an extensive cortical network including somatosensory, insular and cingulate …

The tendency to" catastrophize" during painful stimulation contributes to more intense pain
experience and increased emotional distress. Catastrophizing has been broadly conceived …

Research studies focusing on the fear-avoidance model have expanded considerably since
the review by Vlaeyen and Linton (Vlaeyen JWS & Linton, SJ (2000). Fear-avoidance and its …

Pain interrupts and demands attention. The authors review evidence for how and why this
interruption of attention is achieved. The interruptive function of pain depends on the …