Publications
Suffering from chronic tinnitus, chronic neck pain, or both : does it impact the presence of signs and symptoms of central sensitization? Ghent University University of Antwerp
Central sensitization in chronic pain and medically unexplained symptom research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Central sensitization (CS), a mechanism explaining the persistence of symptoms, has been the focus of many research projects. Explanations given to patients with chronic pain are often based on this mechanism. It is hypothesized that CS also plays an important role in the persistence of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). However, definitions and operationalizations of CS vary. We conducted a systematic review of definitions, ...
Development and Validation of the Symptom Assessment to Improve Symptom Control for Institutionalized Elderly Scale Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
OBJECTIVES: To validate a newly developed multiple symptom self-assessment tool in nursing homes.
DESIGN: Thirty prevalent symptoms identified in the literature were classified by a 2-round Delphi procedure to a top 10 of the most relevant, burdensome symptoms. Because no existing symptom scale fully covered this top 10, we developed a new scale, consisting of a horizontal numerical scale for the top 10 symptoms, with the possibility to ...
Trait Sensitivity, Anxiety, and Personality Are Predictive of Central Sensitization Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Association Between Symptoms of Central Sensitization and Cognitive Behavioral Factors in People With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Methods: Participants with chronic nonspecific low back pain for at least 3 months were included in the study. They completed several questionnaires and a functional test. ...
Time course of improvement of different symptom clusters in patients with major depression and pain treated with duloxetine or placebo KU Leuven
The Attitudes of Indian Palliative-Care Nurses and Physicians toward Pain Control and Palliative Sedation KU Leuven
Does Pain Neuroscience Education and Cognition-Targeted Motor Control Training Improve Cervical Motor Output?: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University University of Antwerp
BACKGROUND: In the context of interventions aimed at reducing pain, disability, and maladaptive pain cognitions in chronic neck pain, it is hypothesized that patients who have greater symptom reduction possibly also demonstrate greater improvement in cervical motor output. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of pain neuroscience education plus cognition-targeted motor control training on cervical motor output.
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