A5080091735- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2021-2023
Harvard University
2021-2023
Chestnut Hill College
2021-2022
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and potential effectiveness an 8-week virtual EMG biofeedback intervention for patients with CLBP.Patients CLBP completed validated baseline post-intervention assessments pain intensity interference (Brief Pain Inventory), back pain-related disability (Oswestry Disability Index), anxiety depression (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale). Participants underwent a series Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) procedures assessing responses...
Abstract Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly influenced psychological and physical health worldwide. aim of this study was to examine the impact on women with fibromyalgia. Methods This mixed methods pilot explored measures pain severity interference, as well catastrophizing level fibromyalgia among before during in USA. Fibromyalgia patients completed demographic, pain-related, other validated psychosocial questionnaires prior onset pandemic, then were re-assessed those...
Surface electromyography-biofeedback (sEMG-BF) may reduce the burden of CLBP by improving physical functioning, sleep, pain catastrophizing, anxiety, and depression. This qualitative study investigated impact weekly EMG-BF sessions on adults with CLBP.Twenty-six individuals participated in telephone interviews after completing an 8-week virtual sEMG-BF intervention. Trained interviewers conducted 10-to-15-minute semi-structured to understand participants' experience Common themes subthemes...
Abstract Objective Chronic pain can have detrimental effects on quality of life and a profound impact one’s identity. The Pictorial Representation Illness- Self-Measure (PRISM), is visual tool designed to measure the self-illness separation (SIS) that represents degree schema-enmeshment (i.e., which self-schema illness-schema come overlap). Our aim was investigate relationship between pain-related outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 114 fibromyalgia...
Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a pilot, randomized controlled trial (RCT) acceptance–commitment therapy (ACT) among women with episodic migraine, aged 18–65 years, and living in the United States. Background: Biobehavioral treatments have recently been proposed as possible preventive therapies for migraine management. ACT is third wave biobehavioral focused on acceptance development psychological flexibility evidence based use other chronic pain conditions. However, its...