Mere intention to perform painful movements elicits fear of movement-related pain: An experimental study on fear acquisition beyond actual movements

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-423

  Meulders, Ann ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Fear of movement related pain; Motor intention; Reinstatement; Voluntary movement paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT RELATED PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ANTICIPATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884498015     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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