Exercise, not to exercise, or how to exercise in patients with chronic pain? Applying science to practice

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-114

  Daenen, Liesbeth ^a,b   Varkey, Emma ^c   Kellmann, Michael ^d,e   Nijs, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic pain; dysfunctional exercise induced analgesia; exercise; stress recovery

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FITNESS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIGRAINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENSION HEADACHE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EXERCISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CHRONIC PAIN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84921438552     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000099     Document Type: Article

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