Understanding the co‐occurrence of anxiety disorders and chronic pain: state‐of‐the‐art

GJG Asmundson, J Katz - Depression and anxiety, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this article is to describe the current state‐of‐the‐art regarding the co‐
occurrence of the anxiety disorders and chronic pain. First, we describe the core …

Do people with chronic pain have impaired executive function? A meta-analytical review

C Berryman, TR Stanton, KJ Bowering, A Tabor… - Clinical psychology …, 2014 - Elsevier
A widely held belief within the clinical community is that chronic pain is associated with
cognitive impairment, despite the absence of a definitive systematic review or meta-analysis …

Attentional bias to pain-related information: a meta-analysis

G Crombez, DML Van Ryckeghem, C Eccleston… - Pain, 2013 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis investigated whether attentional bias, that is, the preferential allocation of
attention to information that is related to pain, is a ubiquitous phenomenon. We also …

Attentional bias towards pain-related information in chronic pain; a meta-analysis of visual-probe investigations

DE Schoth, VD Nunes, C Liossi - Clinical psychology review, 2012 - Elsevier
Research investigating the presence of attentional bias in chronic pain has produced mixed
results. The purpose of this review is to summarise former research using the visual-probe …

The neural chronometry of threat-related attentional bias: Event-related potential (ERP) evidence for early and late stages of selective attentional processing

RS Gupta, A Kujawa, DR Vago - International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid and accurate detection of threat is adaptive. Yet, threat-related attentional biases,
including hypervigilance, avoidance, and attentional disengagement delays, may contribute …

Easy to harm, hard to heal: patient views about the back

B Darlow, S Dean, M Perry, F Mathieson, GD Baxter… - Spine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective. Explore attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions related to low back pain (LBP) and
analyze how these might influence the perceived threat associated with back pain. Summary …

Is there a potential role for attention bias modification in pain patients? Results of 2 randomised, controlled trials

L Sharpe, M Ianiello, BF Dear, KN Perry, K Refshauge… - Pain, 2012 - Elsevier
Potential applications of attention bias modification (ABM) for acute and chronic pain
patients are investigated. In study 1, 54 acute back pain patients (46 of whom completed the …

Attentional and emotional mechanisms related to pain as predictors of chronic postoperative pain: a comparison with other psychological and physiological predictors

S Lautenbacher, C Huber, D Schöfer, M Kunz… - PAIN®, 2010 - Elsevier
The present prospective longitudinal study on chronic postoperative pain was conducted to
assess the predictive power of attentional and emotional variables specifically assumed to …

Attentional processing of other's facial display of pain: An eye tracking study

T Vervoort, Z Trost, KM Prkachin, SC Mueller - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the role of observer pain catastrophizing and personal pain
experience as possible moderators of attention to varying levels of facial pain expression in …

Psychological factors in chronic pelvic pain in women: relevance and application of the fear-avoidance model of pain

MJ Alappattu, MD Bishop - Physical therapy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pelvic pain in women is a debilitating, costly condition often treated by physical
therapists. The etiology of this condition is multifactorial and poorly understood, given the …