This study sought to model and test the role of parental catastrophizing in relationship to parent-reported child pain behavior and parental protective (solicitous) responses to child pain in a sample of children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and their parents (n = 184 dyads). Parents completed measures designed to assess cognitions about and responses to their child's abdominal pain. They al...

We propose a pervasive computing framework which can support diagnosis of psychosocial factors related to diseases and disorders in the elderly population. An Internetenabled health-kiosk system or mobile device lessens the barriers for the elder to record their psychosocial diary and produces long-term monitoring data for physicians. Daily conversation between elders and family members over mo...

Recent neuroimaging studies suggest that the brain adapts with pain, as well as imparts risk for developing chronic pain. Within this context, we revisit the concepts for nociception, acute and chronic pain, and negative moods relative to behavior selection. We redefine nociception as the mechanism protecting the organism from injury, while acute pain as failure of avoidant behavior, and a meso...

This experiment investigated pain-related avoidance behavior in context of competing goals. Participants (N=56) were presented trials of 2 different tasks of which 1 task could produce pain. They were free to decide whether or not to perform trials of these tasks. In half of the participants, a competing goal was activated by instructing them that they would receive a monetary reward correspond...

Presentations A005 Measuring ‘Illness Perceptions and Behavior’ in People with Knee Pain/Osteoarthritis Clayon B. Hamilton, PhD* Bert M. Chesworth, BA, BScPT, MClScPT, PhD† * Arthritis Research Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC; † School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich Scho...

People with chronic musculoskeletal pain often experience pain-related fear of movement and avoidance behavior. The Fear-Avoidance model proposes a possible mechanism at least partly explaining the development and maintenance of chronic pain. People who interpret pain during movement as being potentially harmful to the organism may initiate a vicious behavioral cycle by generating pain-related ...

Pain is considered a multidimensional conscious experience that includes a sensory component and a negative affective-motivational component. The negative affective-motivational component of pain is different from the sensory component and amplifies the pain experience. Nowadays, a significant number of preclinical research groups have focused their attention on the affective symptoms of pain. ...

Pain assessment can benefit from observation of pain behaviors, such as guarding or facial expression, and observational pain scales are widely used in clinical practice with nonverbal patients. However, little is known about head movements and postures in the context of pain. In this regard, we analyze videos of three publically available datasets. The BioVid dataset was recorded with healthy ...