Written Pain Neuroscience Education in Fibromyalgia: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Pain Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 689-700

  van Ittersum, Miriam W ^a,b   van Wilgen, C Paul ^c,d   van der Schans, Cees P ^a,b   Lambrecht, Luc ^e   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Nijs, Jo ^c,f,g  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Pain in Motion Research Group   (Belgium)

^d Transcare Trans disciplinary Pain Management Centre   (Netherlands)

^e Private Practice for Internal Medicine   (Belgium)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia; Illness perceptions; Pain neurophysiology education; Randomized controlled trial; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; WRITTEN PAIN NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION; WRITTEN RELAXATION TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CATASTROPHIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION; HUMANS; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSCIENCES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATASTROPHIZATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSCIENCES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939270553     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12137     Document Type: Article

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