Dear X Friends, #empathy is an essential competence of a #person-centered approach. This study identified key #barriers and #facilitators of empathic #behavior in clinical practice. Great work by Eleni Kapreli and team! 👏👏 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… MSKPhysioJournal

Dear X Friends, thinking beyond muscles & joints 2.0: impaired #carbohydrate metabolism in chronic low #back #pain & the role of dietary carbohydrates - a randomized controlled cross-over experiment shorturl.at/KFEUM

Up to 20% have chronic pain after total knee replacement and effective treatments are missing. This trial demonstrated that exercise did not provide additional benefit on pain and function to pain neuroscience education alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Vacature voor 2 #postdoctorale onderzoekers - Onderzoek & onderwijs – klinische studies bij patiënten met chronische pijn (rugpijn, artrose, kinderkankeroverlevers). Kandideren uiterlijk 4 juli! 👇👇👇

Vacature voor #PhD onderzoeker - Onderzoek & onderwijs – klinische studies over leefstijlinterventies bij patiënten met chronische pijn (#rugpijn, #knieartrose). Kandideren uiterlijk 30 juni!

Dear X Friends, underrecognized & underused: check out Antonio I. Cuesta-Vargas ‘s fantastic work on aquatic therapy in low #back pain journals.lww.com/ajpmr/abstract… Aquatic therapy can nicely fit into #lifestyle approach 4 chronic pain, as presented today during keynote ATACP congress Winchester, UK

Dear X Friends, #epigenetics changed our understanding of human physiology. >10y after its release, this paper is an excellent starting point for understanding its potential for the field of #pain: 🔓academic.oup.com/painmedicine/a… Pain Medicine Journal

Dear X Friends, wonderful to see so many passionate clinicians, educators & researchers participating in our IFOMPT SVOMP courses on multimodal #lifestyle & #sleep management 4 chronic #musculoskeletal #pain with Liesbet De Baets. Working together on the paradigm shift!

Looking for 5 phd students on social connection at the end of life 👇 EoLC Research Group Anja Declercq FWO endoflifecare.be/5-enthousiaste…

Dear X Friends, another reason why (epigenetic) regulation of (nor)adrenaline (regulated through monoamine oxidase A) and other #stress products should be considered for unravelling #insomnia ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Dear X Friends, #microglia exhibit #circadian rhythms that regulate their immune activity & affect neuronal function! Preclinical studies suggest that circadian clock disruptions, less physical activity & eating at the wrong time impact microglia: 🔓sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dear X Friends, the Comprehensive #Pain Management Editorial Series so far: overview & 🔓full text access: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/… & more to come: paininmotion.be/blog/detail/pa… Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT) Pain in Motion

Thomas Bilterys & Peter To presented their posters @ #IASP2024 showing insomnia uniquely predicts quality of life in chronic pain and how nighttime sleep quality mediates the link from daytime physical activity to next day pain! Great work💪Mark T. Elliott Pain in Motion Jo Nijs

VUB en UGent onderzoek naar pijn en slapeloosheid toont dat wanneer beide klachten samen voorkomen, kinesitherapeuten ze mits bijkomende opleiding met oefentherapie en gedragstherapie efficiënt kunnen behandelen : prez.ly/hhRc

Dear X Friends, step by step we learn more about the biology of central #sensitization & #nociplastic #pain, especially through studying #epigenetic mechanisms. Reversing DNA methylation patterns through epigenetic therapies? @DrSMschabrun Lode Godderis tinyurl.com/8c9ejbt4

Dear X Friends, in our eighth episode of the comprehensive #pain management Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT) editorial series, we provide a 6-step approach to integrate #exercise therapy in a multimodal #lifestyle approach 4 patients with chronic pain: tinyurl.com/r9p9cft5

Registration is now open. Make sure to reserve a spot. It should be an amazing day of learning and sharing. evidenceinmotion.com/2024-elevate-p… Evidence In Motion

📢 Job Alert 📢 De Pain in Motion onderzoeksgroep (VUB) is op zoek naar een doctoraatsonderzoeker voor een studie over patiëntgerichte teleprevalidatie voor patiënten met borstkanker 🩹

Vacature #PhD-onderzoeker: Patiëntgerichte #Teleprevalidatie voor Patiënten met #Borstkanker. Voltijdse aanstelling/joint PhD VUB @UHasselt /interdisciplinair & internationaal projectteam Annick Timmermans Eva Huysmans Kotkanker UZ Brussel Kandideren voor 20-9 👇👇👇

Dear X Friends, should we add #sleep management to pain management 4 chronic #spinal #pain + #insomnia? Yes, we should! Very large effects on insomnia severity, sleep quality & depressive symptoms, maintained 1y after treatment! JAMA Network Open 🔓 jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…