Neuropathic pain: central vs. peripheral mechanisms

K Meacham, A Shepherd, DP Mohapatra… - Current pain and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Our goal is to examine the processes—both central and
peripheral—that underlie the development of peripherally-induced neuropathic pain (pNP) …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a mechanism-based approach to pain diagnosis

D Vardeh, RJ Mannion, CJ Woolf - The Journal of Pain, 2016 - Elsevier
The past few decades have witnessed a huge leap forward in our understanding of the
mechanistic underpinnings of pain, in normal states where it helps protect from injury, and …

Effect of pain neuroscience education combined with cognition-targeted motor control training on chronic spinal pain: a randomized clinical trial

A Malfliet, J Kregel, I Coppieters, R De Pauw… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Effective treatments for chronic spinal pain are essential to reduce the related
high personal and socioeconomic costs. Objective To compare pain neuroscience …

[PDF][PDF] Low back pain: guidelines for the clinical classification of predominant neuropathic, nociceptive, or central sensitization pain

J Nijs, A Apeldoorn, H Hallegraeff, J Clark, R Smeets… - Pain physician, 2015 - academia.edu
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a heterogeneous disorder including patients with
dominant nociceptive (eg, myofascial low back pain), neuropathic (eg, lumbar …

Measurement properties of the central sensitization inventory: a systematic review

T Scerbo, J Colasurdo, S Dunn, J Unger, J Nijs… - Pain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Central sensitization (CS) is a phenomenon associated with
several medical diagnoses, including postcancer pain, low back pain, osteoarthritis …

The molecular basis and pathophysiology of trigeminal neuralgia

QL Chen, DI Yi, JNJ Perez, M Liu, SD Chang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a complex orofacial pain syndrome characterized by the
paroxysmal onset of pain attacks in the trigeminal distribution. The underlying mechanism …

Pain neurophysiology education and therapeutic exercise for patients with chronic low back pain: a single-blind randomized controlled trial

GB Pardo, EL Girbés, NA Roussel, TG Izquierdo… - Archives of physical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the effect of a pain neurophysiology education (PNE) program plus
therapeutic exercise (TE) for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Design Single …

Establishing clinically relevant severity levels for the central sensitization inventory

R Neblett, MM Hartzell, TG Mayer, H Cohen… - Pain …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study was to create and validate severity levels for the central
sensitization inventory (CSI), a valid and reliable patient‐reported outcome instrument …

Applying modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: criteria for the classification of central sensitization pain

J Nijs, R Torres-Cueco, P Van Wilgen… - Pain physician, 2014 - biblio.ugent.be
Background: The awareness is growing that central sensitization is of prime importance for
the assessment and management of chronic pain, but its classification is challenging …

Central sensitization in chronic pain and medically unexplained symptom research: a systematic review of definitions, operationalizations and measurement …

C den Boer, L Dries, B Terluin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Central sensitization (CS), a mechanism explaining the persistence of symptoms,
has been the focus of many research projects. Explanations given to patients with chronic …