Psychological therapies (remotely delivered) for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents

E Fisher, E Law, J Dudeney… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background This is the first update of a review published in 2015, Issue 1. Chronic pain is
common during childhood and adolescence and is associated with negative outcomes, such …

[HTML][HTML] Avoidance and its bi-directional relationship with conditioned fear: Mechanisms, moderators, and clinical implications

A Pittig, AHK Wong, VM Glück, JM Boschet - Behaviour Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fear motivates different types of defensive behaviors. These behaviors are, however, not
mere byproducts of fear. In this review, we highlight a bi-directional relationship between …

Behavioral conceptualization and treatment of chronic pain

JWS Vlaeyen, G Crombez - Annual review of clinical psychology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Pain is considered a hardwired signal of bodily disturbance belonging to a basic
motivational system that urges the individual to act and to restore the body's integrity, rather …

Learning to predict and control harmful events: chronic pain and conditioning

JWS Vlaeyen - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Pain is a biologically relevant signal and response to bodily threat, associated with the urge
to restore the integrity of the body. Immediate protective responses include increased …

Forced choices reveal a trade-off between cognitive effort and physical pain

TA Vogel, ZM Savelson, AR Otto, M Roy - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cognitive effort is described as aversive, and people will generally avoid it when possible.
This aversion to effort is believed to arise from a cost–benefit analysis of the actions …

Expectancies and avoidance: Towards an integrated model of chronic somatic symptoms

PG Nadinda, A van Laarhoven… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Somatic symptoms like pain, itch, and fatigue, can negatively affect daily functioning. In the
acute phase, these somatic symptoms are adaptive as they push the body to protect itself …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility and safety of a virtual reality dodgeball intervention for chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial

JS Thomas, CR France, ME Applegate, ST Leitkam… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Whereas the fear-avoidance model of chronic low back pain (CLBP) posits a generic
avoidance of movement that is perceived as threatening, we have repeatedly shown that …

Avoidance of learnt fear: Models, potential mechanisms, and future directions

AHK Wong, FM Wirth, A Pittig - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Avoiding stimuli that were previously associated with threat is essential for adaptive
functioning, but excessive avoidance that persists in the absence of threat can turn …

Avoidance behavior in chronic pain research: a cold case revisited

S Volders, Y Boddez, S De Peuter, A Meulders… - Behaviour research and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In chronic musculoskeletal pain, avoidance behavior is a prominent behavioral
characteristic that can manifest itself in various ways. It is also considered a crucial …