Pain in context: The role of context in generalization, extinction and return of fear of contextual pain-related fear. KU Leuven
Growing evidence supports the idea that pain-related fear is even more disabling than pain itself, and contributes to the transition from acute to chronic pain. Some people fear movements that they associate with increased pain and bodily harm. Such proprioceptive fear is common in chronic back/neck pain, and a subgroup develops pain at multiple body locations. Patients with such widespread pain often fail to identify signals for increased ...