The fear-avoidance model of musculoskeletal pain: current state of scientific evidence

M Leeuw, MEJB Goossens, SJ Linton… - Journal of behavioral …, 2007 - Springer
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 …

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 …

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 …

Cortical changes in chronic low back pain: current state of the art and implications for clinical practice

BM Wand, L Parkitny, NE O'Connell, H Luomajoki… - Manual therapy, 2011 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that chronic pain problems are characterised by alterations in
brain structure and function. Chronic back pain is no exception. There is a growing …

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 fear avoidance model disentangled: improving the clinical utility of the fear avoidance model

T Pincus, RJEM Smeets, MJ Simmonds… - The Clinical journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background The model of fear avoidance proposes that fear of movement in back pain
patients is an obstacle to recovery and leads over time to increased disability. Therefore …

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 …

Selective attentional bias towards pain-related threat in fibromyalgia: preliminary evidence for effects of mindfulness meditation training

DR Vago, Y Nakamura - Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2011 - Springer
The current study investigated the effects of an 8-week mindfulness-based meditation
training (MMT) intervention on attentional bias, engagement and disengagement of pain …

What can we learn about selective attention processes in individuals with chronic pain using reaction time tasks? A systematic review and meta-analysis

AN Abudoush, A Noureen, M Panagioti, E Poliakoff… - Pain, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Information-processing biases such as attentional, interpretation, and memory
biases are believed to play a role in exacerbating and maintaining chronic pain (CP) …

Selective attention towards painful faces among chronic pain patients: evidence from a modified version of the dot-probe

A Khatibi, M Dehghani, L Sharpe, GJG Asmundson… - Pain, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Evidence that patients with chronic pain selectively attend to pain-related stimuli presented
in modified Stroop and dot-probe paradigms is mixed. The pain-related stimuli used in these …