List of works by Mira Meeus

A Manual Therapy and Home Stretching Program in Patients With Primary Frozen Shoulder Contracture Syndrome: A Case Series

scientific article published on 18 January 2019

A Modern Neuroscience Approach to Chronic Spinal Pain: Combining Pain Neuroscience Education With Cognition-Targeted Motor Control Training

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

A Multivariable Prediction Model for the Chronification of Non-traumatic Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article

A capital role for the brain's insula in the diverse fibromyalgia-associated symptoms

scientific article published on 12 July 2020

A contemporary neuroscience approach compared to biomedically focused education combined with symptom-contingent exercise therapy in people with chronic whiplash associated disorders: a randomized controlled trial protocol

scientific article published on 10 October 2020

Activity Pacing Self-Management in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article

Acupuncture Versus Sham-acupuncture: A Meta-analysis on Evidence for Non-immediate Effects of Acupuncture in Musculoskeletal Disorders

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Acupuncture-Analgesia Following a Single Treatment Session in Chronic Whiplash is Unrelated to Autonomic Nervous System Changes: A Randomized Cross-over Trial

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Altered immune response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a systematic literature review

scientific article

An Overview of Offset Analgesia and the Comparison with Conditioned Pain Modulation: A Systematic Literature Review

scientific article

Analgesic effects of manual therapy in patients with musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review

scientific article published on 19 September 2014

Applying contemporary neuroscience in exercise interventions for chronic spinal pain: treatment protocol

scientific article published on 8 July 2017

Applying modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: criteria for the classification of central sensitization pain.

scientific article published on September 2014

Are Pain Beliefs, Cognitions, and Behaviors Influenced by Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Assessing Endogenous Pain Inhibition: Test-Retest Reliability of Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Local and Remote Body Parts After Aerobic Cycling

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Assessment of activity limitations and participation restrictions with persons with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review

scientific article

Association between cognitive performance, physical fitness, and physical activity level in women with chronic fatigue syndrome

scientific article published in January 2013

Associations Between Cognitive Performance and Pain in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Comorbidity with Fibromyalgia Does Matter.

scientific article published in September 2015

Autonomic Nervous System Function and Central Pain Processing in People with Frozen Shoulder

scientific article published in 2022

Balancing "hands-on" with "hands-off" physical therapy interventions for the treatment of central sensitization pain in osteoarthritis

scientific article

Best-Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 2: Pain during and after Cancer Treatment

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Blended-Learning Pain Neuroscience Education for People With Chronic Spinal Pain: Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a driving force behind neuroplasticity in neuropathic and central sensitization pain: a new therapeutic target?

scientific article

Can pacing self-management alter physical behavior and symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome? A case series

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Can recovery of peripheral muscle function predict cognitive task performance in chronic fatigue syndrome with and without fibromyalgia?

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Central Pain Processing in Patients with Shoulder Pain: A Review of the Literature

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Central sensitization and altered central pain processing in chronic low back pain: fact or myth?

scientific article published on July 2013

Central sensitization in fibromyalgia? A systematic review on structural and functional brain MRI.

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Central sensitization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review.

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Central sensitization: a biopsychosocial explanation for chronic widespread pain in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome

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Cerebral Blood Flow and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Cross-Over Study

scientific article published in January 2018

Changes in Muscle Morphology in Female Chronic Neck Pain Patients Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Chronic fatigue syndrome: exercise performance related to immune dysfunction

scientific article published in October 2005

Chronic fatigue syndrome: intracellular immune deregulations as a possible etiology for abnormal exercise response

scientific article

Chronic musculoskeletal pain in chronic fatigue syndrome: recent developments and therapeutic implications

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Chronic musculoskeletal pain in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review

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Chronic pain in patients with the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: evidence for generalized hyperalgesia

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Clinical biopsychosocial physiotherapy assessment of patients with chronic pain: The first step in pain neuroscience education

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Clinimetric properties of illness perception questionnaire revised (IPQ-R) and brief illness perception questionnaire (Brief IPQ) in patients with musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Cognitive Performance Is Related to Central Sensitization and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Fibromyalgia.

scientific article published in May 2015

Cognitive performance is of clinical importance, but is unrelated to pain severity in women with chronic fatigue syndrome

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Comparison of five conditioned pain modulation paradigms and influencing personal factors in healthy adults

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Convergent Validity of the Dutch Central Sensitization Inventory: Associations with Psychophysical Pain Measures, Quality of Life, Disability, and Pain Cognitions in Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain.

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Culture-sensitive and standard pain neuroscience education improves pain, disability, and pain cognitions in first-generation Turkish migrants with chronic low back pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Current evidence on physical therapy in patients with adhesive capsulitis: what are we missing?

scientific article published on 28 December 2013

Decreased Regional Grey Matter Volume in Women with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Relationships with Cognitive Deficits and Disturbed Pain Processing

scientific article published in November 2017

Development and Properties of the Dutch Neurophysiology of Pain Test in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Development and feasibility testing of a Pain Neuroscience Education program for children with chronic pain: treatment protocol.

scientific article published on 4 March 2018

Development of culturally sensitive Pain Neuroscience Education for first-generation Turkish patients with chronic pain: A modified Delphi study

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Differences Between Women With Traumatic and Idiopathic Chronic Neck Pain and Women Without Neck Pain: Interrelationships Among Disability, Cognitive Deficits, and Central Sensitization.

scientific article published in March 2017

Differences in Pain Processing Between Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain, Recurrent Low Back Pain, and Fibromyalgia

scientific article published on May 2017

Differences in psychological factors, disability and fatigue according to the grade of chronification in non-specific low back pain patients: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Differences in white matter structure and cortical thickness between patients with traumatic and idiopathic chronic neck pain: Associations with cognition and pain modulation?

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Diffuse noxious inhibitory control is delayed in chronic fatigue syndrome: an experimental study

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Do Psychosocial Factors Predict Muscle Strength, Pain, or Physical Performance in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis?

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Do sociodemographic features, pain sensitivity or pain catastrophizing relate to clinic-based adherence to physiotherapy in people suffering from chronic spinal pain? Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Does Conservative Treatment Change the Brain in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain? A Systematic Review

scientific article

Does acetaminophen activate endogenous pain inhibition in chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis? A double-blind randomized controlled cross-over trial

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Does acupuncture activate endogenous analgesia in chronic whiplash-associated disorders? A randomized crossover trial

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Does pain neuroscience education and cognition-targeted motor control training improve cervical motor output? secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Does pre-surgical central modulation of pain influence outcome after total knee replacement? A systematic review

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Does scapular positioning predict shoulder pain in recreational overhead athletes?

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Dysfunctional endogenous analgesia during exercise in patients with chronic pain: to exercise or not to exercise?

scientific article

EduCan trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education after breast cancer surgery on pain, physical, emotional and work-related functioning

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Effect of Pain Induction or Pain Reduction on Conditioned Pain Modulation in Adults: A Systematic Review

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Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education Combined With Cognition-Targeted Motor Control Training on Chronic Spinal Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Effectiveness of Hands-Off Therapy in the Management of Primary Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Effects of Stress and Relaxation on Central Pain Modulation in Chronic Whiplash and Fibromyalgia Patients Compared to Healthy Controls

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Efficacy of Different Types of Mobilization Techniques in Patients With Primary Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 15 August 2015

Efficacy of a modern neuroscience approach versus usual care evidence-based physiotherapy on pain, disability and brain characteristics in chronic spinal pain patients: protocol of a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article

Electroencephalography During Nociceptive Stimulation in Chronic Pain Patients: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Endogenous Pain Facilitation Rather Than Inhibition Differs Between People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, and Controls: An Observational Study

scientific article published in May 2017

Endogenous pain modulation in children with functional abdominal pain disorders

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Endogenous pain modulation in response to exercise in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and comorbid fibromyalgia, and healthy controls: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

Energy Expenditure during Functional Daily Life Performances in Patients with Fibromyalgia

scientific article published on 29 September 2014

ErratumEuropean Journal of Pain2013;17:279-289

scholarly article published in European Journal of Pain

Evidence for Autonomic Function and Its Influencing Factors in Subjects With COPD: A Systematic Review

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Evidence for central sensitization in chronic whiplash: a systematic literature review

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

Evidence for generalized hyperalgesia in chronic fatigue syndrome: a case control study

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Exercise and Cognitive Functioning in People With Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: A Controlled Laboratory Study

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Exercise- and Stress-Induced Hypoalgesia in Musicians with and without Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study

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Exercise-induce hyperalgesia, complement system and elastase activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a secondary analysis of experimental comparative studies

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Expanded Distribution of Pain as a Sign of Central Sensitization in Individuals With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

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Fear of movement and avoidance behaviour toward physical activity in chronic-fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: state of the art and implications for clinical practice

scientific article published on 03 May 2013

Gender Differences in the Association of Brain Gray Matter and Pain-Related Psychosocial Characteristics

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Heart rate variability in patients with fibromyalgia and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review

scientific article published on 06 July 2013

How Much Is Needed? Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Pain Education Dosages in Patients with Fibromyalgia

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

How to explain central sensitization to patients with ‘unexplained’ chronic musculoskeletal pain: Practice guidelines

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Hub disruption in patients with chronic neck pain: a graph analytical approach

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Hyperexcitability of the Central Nervous System in Children with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Illness Perceptions Explain the Variance in Functional Disability, but Not Habitual Physical Activity, in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Immunological similarities between cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome: the common link to fatigue?

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In response

scientific article published in November 2014

In the mind or in the brain? Scientific evidence for central sensitisation in chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Influence of Morphine and Naloxone on Pain Modulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia, and Controls: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Study

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Influence of psychological factors on the prognosis of chronic shoulder pain: protocol for a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 06 March 2017

Influence of shoulder pain on muscle function: implications for the assessment and therapy of shoulder disorders

scientific article

Influence of symptom expectancies on stair-climbing performance in chronic fatigue syndrome: effect of study context

scientific article published in June 2013

Interrater and intrarater reliability of the pectoralis minor muscle length measurement in subjects with and without shoulder impingement symptoms

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Interrelationships between pain processing, cortisol and cognitive performance in chronic whiplash-associated disorders

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Inventory of Personal Factors Influencing Conditioned Pain Modulation in Healthy People: A Systematic Literature Review

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Is Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Neck Pain Associated with Brain Alterations? - A Systematic Review

scientific article published on May 2017

Is the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) valid for assessing physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome?

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Kinesiophobia Is Associated With Pain Intensity and Disability in Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Kinesiophobia and maladaptive coping strategies prevent improvements in pain catastrophizing following pain neuroscience education in fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome: An explorative study.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Kinesiophobia contributes to pain-related disability in breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Kinesiophobia, catastrophizing and anticipated symptoms before stair climbing in chronic fatigue syndrome: an experimental study

scientific article

Lack of Endogenous Pain Inhibition During Exercise in People With Chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders: An Experimental Study

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

Lack of evidence for central sensitization in idiopathic, non-traumatic neck pain: a systematic review

scientific article

Lumbar muscle structure and function in chronic versus recurrent low back pain: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Malfunctioning of the autonomic nervous system in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic literature review

scientific article published on May 2014

Management of chronic sensitization, from drugs to physical therapy.

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Measuring the physical activity level and pattern in daily life in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a systematic review

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Motor impairment in patients with chronic neck pain: does the traumatic event play a significant role? - a case control study

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Nitric oxide concentrations are normal and unrelated to activity level in chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Pain Neuroscience Education for Children with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders: A Randomized Comparative Pilot Study

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Pain characteristics as important contributing factors to upper limb dysfunctions in breast cancer survivors at long term

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Pain following cancer treatment: Guidelines for the clinical classification of predominant neuropathic, nociceptive and central sensitization pain

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Pain in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: time for specific pain treatment?

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Pain inhibition and postexertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: An experimental study

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Pain neurophysiology education improves cognitions, pain thresholds, and movement performance in people with chronic whiplash: A pilot study

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Pain physiology education improves health status and endogenous pain inhibition in fibromyalgia: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in October 2013

Pain physiology education improves pain beliefs in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared with pacing and self-management education: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published in August 2010

Pain, Exercise and Employment Status in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research Priorities—Response to the Letter by T. Kindlon

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Patients With Chronic Spinal Pain Benefit From Pain Neuroscience Education Regardless the Self-Reported Signs of Central Sensitization: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial

scientific article published on 09 May 2018

Patients' experiences and effects of non-pharmacological treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - a scoping mixed methods review

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Personal influencing factors for pressure pain threshold in healthy people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Physiologic effects of dry needling

scientific article published on August 2013

Preoperative Pain Neuroscience Education Combined With Knee Joint Mobilization for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 16 May 2017

Prescription of exercises for the treatment of chronic pain along the continuum of nociplastic pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

scientific article published on 25 September 2020

Psychological Distress and Widespread Pain Contribute to the Variance of the Central Sensitization Inventory: A Cross-Sectional Study in Patients with Chronic Pain.

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Psychological factors are associated with local and generalized pressure pain hypersensitivity, pain intensity, and function in people with chronic shoulder pain: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 21 September 2019

Recovery of peripheral muscle function from fatiguing exercise and daily physical activity level in patients with multiple sclerosis: a case-control study.

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Recovery of upper limb muscle function in chronic fatigue syndrome with and without fibromyalgia

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Reduced pressure pain thresholds in response to exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome but not in chronic low back pain: an experimental study

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Relations Between Brain Alterations and Clinical Pain Measures in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review

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Relationship Between Exercise-induced Oxidative Stress Changes and Parasympathetic Activity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Observational Study in Patients and Healthy Subjects

scientific article published on 18 January 2019

Reliability, Validity, and Feasibility of Water Displacement Method, Figure-of-Eight Method, and Circumference Measurements in Determination of Ankle and Foot Edema

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

Response

Response to Letter

scientific article published on 01 March 2017

Role of psychological aspects in both chronic pain and in daily functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome: a prospective longitudinal study

scientific article

Scapulothoracic muscle activity and recruitment timing in patients with shoulder impingement symptoms and glenohumeral instability

scientific article published on 18 December 2013

Screening of physical distress in breast cancer survivors: Concurrent validity of the Distress Thermometer and Problem List

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Sensorimotor Incongruence in People with Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 21 May 2016

Serotonergic descending inhibition in chronic pain: design, preliminary results and early cessation of a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published in November 2011

Short stem total hip arthroplasty: Potential explanations for persistent post-surgical thigh pain

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Sleep Disturbances in Chronic Pain: Neurobiology, Assessment, and Treatment in Physical Therapist Practice

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Sleep disturbances and severe stress as glial activators: key targets for treating central sensitization in chronic pain patients?

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Structural Changes of Lumbar Muscles in Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on September 2016

Structural and functional brain abnormalities in chronic low back pain: A systematic review

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Symptom fluctuations and daily physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study

scientific article published in November 2011

The 2nd Pain Science in Motion Colloquium at a glance.

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

The Authors Respond

The Dutch Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI): Factor Analysis, Discriminative Power, and Test-Retest Reliability.

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The European ME/CFS Biomarker Landscape project: an initiative of the European network EUROMENE.

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The Result of Acute Induced Psychosocial Stress on Pain Sensitivity and Modulation in Healthy People

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

The Role of Autonomic Function in Exercise-induced Endogenous Analgesia: A Case-control Study in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Healthy People

scientific article published in March 2017

The added value of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia to current best evidence physical therapy for chronic spinal pain: protocol of a randomized controlled clinical trial

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

The association between back muscle characteristics and pressure pain sensitivity in low back pain patients

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

The association between pain beliefs and pain intensity and/or disability in people with shoulder pain: A systematic review

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

The effect of docetaxel on developing oedema in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review

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The effect of lateral wedge insoles in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: balancing biomechanics with pain neuroscience

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

The effect of relaxation therapy on autonomic functioning, symptoms and daily functioning, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia: a systematic review

scientific article published on 08 September 2014

The effectiveness of a self-management occupational therapy intervention on activity performance in individuals with multiple sclerosis-related fatigue: a randomized-controlled trial

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

The efficacy of patient education in whiplash associated disorders: a systematic review.

scientific article published on September 2012

The influence of cognitions, emotions and behavioral factors on treatment outcomes in musculoskeletal shoulder pain: a systematic review

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

The influence of sprint interval training on body composition, physical and metabolic fitness in adolescents and young adults with intellectual disability: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

The role of mitochondrial dysfunctions due to oxidative and nitrosative stress in the chronic pain or chronic fatigue syndromes and fibromyalgia patients: peripheral and central mechanisms as therapeutic targets?

scientific article published on 09 July 2013

The role of psychological factors in the perpetuation of pain intensity and disability in people with chronic shoulder pain: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

The role of self-efficacy in pain intensity, function, psychological factors, health behaviors, and quality of life in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Tired of being inactive: a systematic literature review of physical activity, physiological exercise capacity and muscle strength in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

scientific article published on 20 December 2010

Treatment of central sensitization in patients with 'unexplained' chronic pain: an update

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Treatment of central sensitization in patients with 'unexplained' chronic pain: what options do we have?

scientific article published on 22 January 2011

Treatment of pain following cancer: applying neuro-immunology in rehabilitation practice

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Unraveling Self-Reported Signs of Central Sensitization in Breast Cancer Survivors with Upper Limb Pain: Prevalence Rate and Contributing Factors

Unravelling intracellular immune dysfunctions in chronic fatigue syndrome: interactions between protein kinase R activity, RNase L cleavage and elastase activity, and their clinical relevance.

scientific article published in January 2008

Unravelling the nature of postexertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: the role of elastase, complement C4a and interleukin-1beta.

scientific article published in April 2010

What is in a name? Comparing diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome with or without fibromyalgia.

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

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