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An incongruent answer to the incongruence theory

Around 20 years ago, researchers started asking questions about the relationship between sensorimotor incongruence (SMI) and chronic non-specific pain conditions. Initially the relationship was raised within the framework of phantom […]

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Do physiotherapists effectively deliver psychological interventions?

Many of you will be asking why this topic? I had an accident in 2012 where I was diagnosed with whiplash/fibromyalgia. I tried physiotherapy and conventional medicine, all the while […]

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Poor functional outcomes in pediatric chronic pain – what’s catastrophizing got to do with it?

Catastrophizing has long been implicated in many poor outcomes in chronic pain-related conditions in both adults and children [3,4,11,12,14,15,18,20,22,24,29]. Scholars have called for interventions to reduce catastrophizing in children with […]

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Extending scope of practice – physiotherapists’ perceptions of managing non-specific low back pain

There is considerable evidence demonstrating the multi-dimensional nature of non-specific low back pain (NSCLBP)[1], and recent guidelines and mission statements recommend a broad bio-psychosocial (BPS) approach to NSCLBP [2,3]. However, […]

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Using the Internet to deliver Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) can improve quality of life and functioning in people with chronic pain. However, many people cannot access CBT in a timely manner, or at all. Simply put, […]

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Does pain lead to mental illness or is it the other way around?

It’s common knowledge that pain problems and mental illness will affect many of us over the course of our lives [1-4]. Comorbidity between pain and mental illness is often seen […]

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Do kids once in chronic pain break free?

After the long and winding road towards diagnosis, many children with chronic pain conditions improve with standard outpatient therapy approaches such as a combination of physical and cognitive behavioral therapies […]

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Vision and pain – evidence of safety or evidence of danger?

Pain emerges when we conclude the body is under threat and in need of protection.[1] This conclusion depends on the integration of the predicted state of the body with information […]

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Can video games help older people with back pain?

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide [1] and up to 90% of people will experience low back pain at some point in their life [2]. The […]

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How much evidence is enough to retract a paper?

A paper published in May this year by Coulter et al. (2018) was followed by two letters to the editor (Gibson et al. 2018, O’Keeffe, et al. 2018). The original […]

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