An Adaptive Role for Negative Expected Pain in Patients With Neuropathic Pain

@article{Bostick2015AnAR,
  title={An Adaptive Role for Negative Expected Pain in Patients With Neuropathic Pain},
  author={Geoff P. Bostick and Cory C. Toth and Bruce D. Dick and Eloise C. J. Carr and Larry W. Stitt and Dwight E Moulin},
  journal={The Clinical Journal of Pain},
  year={2015},
  volume={31},
  pages={438–443},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:7229430}
}
In neuropathic pain patients whose pain does not respond to therapy, high levels of expected pain may relate to relatively lower catastrophizing scores by shifting focus away from futile attempts at “curing” pain toward focusing on achievement of more realistic personal goals.
View on Wolters Kluwer
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
8 Citations
Background Citations
2
Methods Citations
1
Results Citations
1

8 Citations

The reciprocal associations between catastrophizing and pain outcomes in patients being treated for neuropathic pain: a cross-lagged panel analysis study

The results support that treatments targeting catastrophizing may influence other pain-related outcomes, and conversely that treatments aiming to reduce pain could potentially influence catastrophize, and suggest there may be multiple paths to positive outcomes.

Predictors and social consequences of daily pain expectancy among adults with chronic pain

The findings of these 2 studies point to the importance of promoting positive affect and reducing pain expectancy as a way of decreasing the detrimental effect of chronic pain on enjoyable social experiences.

Racial Differences in Movement-Related Appraisals and Pain Behaviors among Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Social Contact Frequency and Pain among Older Adults with HIV: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

Social contact frequency and pain are bidirectionally and inversely associated among older adults with HIV, and recent social contact influences current pain by attenuating negative affect.

Psychological Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Neurorehabilitation and Psychological Factors Predictive of Therapeutic Response: Evidence and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

Several psychological factors are associated with pain secondary to neurological conditions and should be acknowledged and addressed in order to effectively treat this condition.

Pain in an era of armed conflicts: Prevention and treatment for warfighters and civilian casualties

Evaluation of physiologic pain knowledge by physiotherapy students

Os alunos de fisioterapia obtiveram melhora do conhecimento neurofisiologico da dor com a utilizacao of estrategias ativas de ensino-aprendizagem na abordagem do tema.

Editorial: Pain Management in Clinical and Health Psychology

30 References

How important are back pain beliefs and expectations for satisfactory recovery from back pain?

Predictive capacity of pain beliefs and catastrophizing in Whiplash Associated Disorder.

The Pain Disability Index: psychometric properties

Expectations and anxiety as mediators of placebo effects in pain

Clinically Meaningful Scores on Pain Catastrophizing Before and After Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation: A Prospective Study of Individuals With Subacute Pain After Whiplash Injury

The results of this study may serve as preliminary guidelines to assess the clinical significance of interventions targeting pain catastrophizing in patients with subacute pain after musculoskeletal injury.

Interpreting the clinical importance of treatment outcomes in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Development and validation.

In Study 1, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) was administered to 425 undergraduates. Analyses yielded a three component solution comprising (a) rumination, (b) magnification, and (c)…

Comparison of pain syndromes associated with nervous or somatic lesions and development of a new neuropathic pain diagnostic questionnaire (DN4)

Recovery in Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Do You Get What You Expect?

Patients’ early expectations for recovery are an important prognostic factor in recovery after whiplash injury, and are potentially modifiable.

Impact of Psychological Factors in the Experience of Pain

The key psychological factors associated with the experience of pain are summarized, and an overview of how they have been integrated into the major models of pain and disability in the scientific literature is presented.