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View article: The role of sensory attenuation in symptomatic and healthy individuals: a scoping review
The role of sensory attenuation in symptomatic and healthy individuals: a scoping review Open
Background Persistent physical symptoms (PPS), including functional neurological disorders (FND), chronic pain, and other neurological conditions [e.g., Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a…
View article: MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A study protocol of the co-development and feasibility testing of a physical activity maintenance intervention
MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A study protocol of the co-development and feasibility testing of a physical activity maintenance intervention Open
Background Despite the wealth of evidence demonstrating the health benefits of physical activity (PA), people with arthritis commonly do not meet recommended PA levels. Whilst various programmes support people with arthritis to become acti…
View article: MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A study protocol of the co-development and feasibility testing of a physical activity maintenance intervention
MAintAin Activity in Arthritis: A study protocol of the co-development and feasibility testing of a physical activity maintenance intervention Open
Background Despite the wealth of evidence demonstrating the health benefits of physical activity (PA), people with arthritis commonly do not meet recommended PA levels. Whilst various programmes support people with arthritis to become acti…
View article: Exploring the role of therapeutic alliance and biobehavioural synchrony in musculoskeletal care: Insights from a qualitative study
Exploring the role of therapeutic alliance and biobehavioural synchrony in musculoskeletal care: Insights from a qualitative study Open
Fostering meaningful dialogue, patient involvement, and therapeutic synchrony is crucial for a robust therapeutic alliance in musculoskeletal care. This underscores the importance of establishing a deep connection between clinicians and pa…
View article: The association between conditioned pain modulation and psychological factors in people with chronic spinal pain: A systematic review
The association between conditioned pain modulation and psychological factors in people with chronic spinal pain: A systematic review Open
Chronic spinal pain has negative effects on physical and mental well-being. Psychological factors can influence pain tolerance. However, whether these factors influence descending modulatory control mechanisms measured by conditioned pain …
View article: O.3.2-9 Sustaining activity with arthritis (SAWA) following an Arthritis Ireland Be active with arthritis (BAWA) exercise programme
O.3.2-9 Sustaining activity with arthritis (SAWA) following an Arthritis Ireland Be active with arthritis (BAWA) exercise programme Open
Purpose Despite evidence demonstrating the health benefits of physical activity (PA), people with arthritis often do not meet recommended PA levels. Whilst various exercise programmes support these people to be active such as the ‘Be Activ…
View article: The association between psychosocial factors and mental health symptoms in cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy on health outcomes: a systematic review
The association between psychosocial factors and mental health symptoms in cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy on health outcomes: a systematic review Open
Background Neck pain, with or without radiculopathy, can have significant negative effects on physical and mental wellbeing. Mental health symptoms are known to worsen prognosis across a range of musculoskeletal conditions. Understanding t…
View article: An Embodied Predictive Processing Theory of Pain Experience
An Embodied Predictive Processing Theory of Pain Experience Open
This paper aims to provide a theoretical framework for explaining the subjective character of pain experience in terms of what we will call ‘embodied predictive processing’. The predictive processing (PP) theory is a family of views that t…
View article: Association between psychosocial factors and mental health symptoms to cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy on health outcomes: systematic review protocol
Association between psychosocial factors and mental health symptoms to cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy on health outcomes: systematic review protocol Open
Introduction: Cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy (CSp ± R) has significant negative impacts to a person's quality of life. Psychosocial factors and/or mental health symptoms are associated with spinal pain with or without ra…
View article: Quantitative sensory testing and association with cervical spine radiculopathy disability: Systematic review.
Quantitative sensory testing and association with cervical spine radiculopathy disability: Systematic review. Open
Cervical spine radiculopathy (CSR) is a complex clinical presentation that can have negative impacts on a person’s physical and mental health and wellbeing and engagement with activities of daily living. Somatosensory phenotypes of CSR can…
View article: Gait-initiation onset estimation during sit-to-walk: Recommended methods suitable for healthy individuals and ambulatory community-dwelling stroke survivors
Gait-initiation onset estimation during sit-to-walk: Recommended methods suitable for healthy individuals and ambulatory community-dwelling stroke survivors Open
The firstHEELoff method yielded significantly longer transition-times. The xGRFthresh method failed to routinely produce an estimation of GI-onset estimation. Thus, with all methods exhibiting low, yet comparable intra-subject repeatabilit…
View article: Somatosensory Profiling in Cervical Spine and Radicular Pain
Somatosensory Profiling in Cervical Spine and Radicular Pain Open
Patients with persistent cervical spine pain (PCSP) have significant socio-economic costs associated affecting families, communities, employers and health care systems.
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View article: Gait-Initiation Onset Estimation During Sit-to-Walk Comparing Healthy Individuals and Ambulatory Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors
Gait-Initiation Onset Estimation During Sit-to-Walk Comparing Healthy Individuals and Ambulatory Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors Open
These data consist of measured variables derived from Visual 3D software (C-Motion Inc., Germantown, USA) for trials undertaken by 20 stroke subjects and 21 gender and age-matched healthy subjects performing 2 tasks (sit-to-walk [STW] and …
View article: Parameters that remain consistent independent of pausing before gait-initiation during normal rise-to-walk behaviour delineated by sit-to-walk and sit-to-stand-and-walk
Parameters that remain consistent independent of pausing before gait-initiation during normal rise-to-walk behaviour delineated by sit-to-walk and sit-to-stand-and-walk Open
STW is a more challenging task due to the merging of rising with GI reflected by greater CoP-xCoM separation compared to STSW indicative of more positional instability. However, BCoM vertical momentum, flexion-momentum time, and step3 stab…
View article: Physical activity interventions are delivered consistently across hospitalized older adults but multimorbidity is associated with poorer rehabilitation outcomes: A population‐based cohort study
Physical activity interventions are delivered consistently across hospitalized older adults but multimorbidity is associated with poorer rehabilitation outcomes: A population‐based cohort study Open
Background Older adults live with multimorbidity including frailty and cognitive impairment often requiring hospitalization. While physical activity interventions (PAIs) are a normal rehabilitative treatment, their clinical effect in hospi…
View article: Physical activity participation and the association with work‐related upper quadrant disorders (WRUQDs): A systematic review
Physical activity participation and the association with work‐related upper quadrant disorders (WRUQDs): A systematic review Open
Background Workers in various occupations often report work‐related upper quadrant disorders (WRUQDs). Research has shown that associative factors for WRUQDs include psychosocial and environmental elements, gender and physical activity lev…
View article: Factors associated with physical activity participation in adults with chronic cervical spine pain: a systematic review
Factors associated with physical activity participation in adults with chronic cervical spine pain: a systematic review Open
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View article: Pain: A Statistical Account
Pain: A Statistical Account Open
Perception is seen as a process that utilises partial and noisy information to construct a coherent understanding of the world. Here we argue that the experience of pain is no different; it is based on incomplete, multimodal information, w…
View article: Gait velocity, timed-up-and-go, and timed stair negotiation measurements using body-contact events are accurate and precise for use in patients following vascular surgery
Gait velocity, timed-up-and-go, and timed stair negotiation measurements using body-contact events are accurate and precise for use in patients following vascular surgery Open
Our local urban, acute teaching hospital includes the largest comprehensive vascular surgical department in London(UK).It is established that acute vascular surgery patients present with varied pre and post surgical ambulatory dysfunction,…
View article: Anatomical and functional correlates of persistent pain in Parkinson's disease
Anatomical and functional correlates of persistent pain in Parkinson's disease Open
Background The pathophysiology of pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) is still poorly understood, although it is conceivable that supraspinal mechanisms may be responsible for pain generation and maintenance. Methods We examined brain functio…
View article: Sit-to-stand-and-walk from 120% Knee Height: A Novel Approach to Assess Dynamic Postural Control Independent of Lead-limb
Sit-to-stand-and-walk from 120% Knee Height: A Novel Approach to Assess Dynamic Postural Control Independent of Lead-limb Open
Individuals with sensorimotor pathology e.g., stroke have difficulty executing the common task of rising from sitting and initiating gait (sit-to-walk: STW). Thus, in clinical rehabilitation separation of sit-to-stand and gait initiation -…
View article: Perceptual Inference in Chronic Pain
Perceptual Inference in Chronic Pain Open
Objective: The experience of chronic pain critically alters one’s ability to interact with their environment. One fundamental issue that has received little attention, however, is whether chronic pain disrupts how one perceives their envir…
View article: The close proximity of threat: altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain
The close proximity of threat: altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain Open
Pain is an experience that powerfully influences the way we interact with our environment. What is less clear is the influence that pain has on the way we perceive our environment. We investigated the effect that the anticipation of experi…
View article: Cerebral analgesic response to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen
Cerebral analgesic response to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen Open
Nonopioid agents, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are the most commonly used class of analgesics. Increasing evidence suggests that cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition at both peripheral and central sites can contribute …