Thermal pain motivated active avoidance test with a 25-paneled hotnlate apparatus

Research on coping with chronic pain: the importance of active avoidance of inappropriate conclusions.

Contemporary models of chronic pain hypothesize that psychological variables influence both pain and its impact [3,10]. Research in this area has focused mostly on the psychological variables of beliefs and coping. Beliefs refer to the thoughts that people have about pain. Thoughts such as the perceived controllability of pain, perceptions of oneself as disabled, and the belief that pain signal...

Experimental and Computational Study on Hydrodynamic of a Downscaled Mini Vessel USP Dissolution Test Apparatus II

Although not listed on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), like standard USP 2, small volume USP 2 dissolution apparatus has gained a great deal of attention, especially for cases where small amount of drug product is available for testing in research and design step or evaluations are to be made on a tablet containing trace amounts of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. In this work, first...

Pain, avoidance, and suffering

In this issue of PAIN, Drs. Vlaeyen and Linton [2] present a cogent review of research regarding the fear-avoidance model of chronic musculoskeletal pain, a model that Dr. Vlaeyen has pioneered. The model was developed in order to explain how persistent fear-based avoidance behavior could produce much of the suffering and disability associated with pain states. They highlight the key role of fe...

Rayleigh Test Apparatus Design Report

The role of experiential avoidance in acute pain tolerance: a laboratory test.

The present investigation examined the role of experiential avoidance in terms of acute pain tolerance and subsequent recovery. Seventy nonclinical participants completed the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire and underwent a well-established cold pressor task. Results indicated that individuals reporting higher levels of experiential avoidance had lower pain endurance and tolerance and recove...