Pain Flashcards
Descartes
Direct/automatic response
Frey (1985)
Specific Theory of Pain
Beecher (1956)
Soldiers vs civilians
Melzack + Wall (1965)
Gate Control Theory of Pain
Jamner + Tursky (1987)
Migraine sufferers with words associated with pain. Words increased anxiety and pain perception.
Fordyce + Steger (1979)
Acute vs chronic pain. Reduction for acute (successful treatment) but increase in chronic (harder to treat, increase anxiety)
Feuerstein et al (1987)
Direct correlation between high anxiety levels and increased pain perception in children with migraines and sufferers of back/pelvic pain
Linton et al (2000)
Measured fear avoidance beliefs of spinal pain. 1 year follow up. 19% reported episode of back pain and those with higher baseline scores of fear avoidance were 2x more likely to report back pain
Crombez et al (1999)
Pain-related fear can create hyper-vigilance towards pain. Could contribute to progression from acute to chronic pain
Vlaeyen + Linton (2000)
Exposure treatment to feared situations can reduce fear avoidance beliefs and modify pain experience
Keefe et al (2000)
Catastrophising can predict pain intensity:
Rumination
Magnification
Helplessness
Sullivan et al (2001)
Catastrophising linked to both onset of pain and development of LT pain problems
Turk et al (1983)
Increased pain self-efficacy may be important factor in determining degree of pain perception
Eccleston + Crombez (1999)
Pain demands attention, leaving less attention for other tasks
Hudson, Ogden + Whiteley (2015)
Varicose vein surgery 5 conditions: music, DVD, social interaction, touch or control. Anxiety lower in all groups (except music) and pain lower in social interaction and touch groups.
