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| Stephen J GibsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Melbourne Country: Australia Publications
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Prevalence and relevance of pain in older personsStephen J Gibson
National Ageing Research Institute, Poplar Road Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pain Med 13:S23-6. 2012..Persistent pain is one of the most prevalent health conditions faced by adults of advanced age, and is recognized as a major concern for this segment of the population...
A sleeping phantom leg awakened following hemicolectomy, thrombosis, and chemotherapy: a case reportMelita J Giummarra
Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
J Med Case Reports 5:203. 2011..abstract:..
IASP global year against pain in older persons: highlighting the current status and future perspectives in geriatric painStephen J Gibson
National Ageing Research Institute, PO Box 31, Parkville, Vic, Australia 3052
Expert Rev Neurother 7:627-35. 2007....- A review of age differences in the neurophysiology of nociception and the perceptual experience of painStephen J Gibson
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clin J Pain 20:227-39. 2004..To better understand the nature of age differences in pain and nociception with the aging of the worlds' population... - An examination of pain perception and cerebral event-related potentials following carbon dioxide laser stimulation in patients with Alzheimer's disease and age-matched control volunteersS J Gibson
Clinical Research Laboratory, National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pain Res Manag 6:126-32. 2001..Pain perception is known to depend on integrated cognitive processing. Alzheimer's disease affects 5% to 10% of older adults, but the impact of this disease on pain sensitivity and report has yet to be fully investigated... - Cognitive factors and the experience of pain and suffering in older personsS J Gibson
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pain 85:375-83. 2000..In combination, these findings suggest that cognitive factors are of importance in older chronic pain patients and extend the relevance of cognitive-behavioural models of pain across the entire adult age spectrum... - Dyskinetic patients show rebound worsening of affect after an acute L-dopa challengeAndrew H Evans
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:514-9. 2012..We proposed that patients with dyskinesias would report rebound worsening in affect during wearing-off of L-dopa effect... - Age-related differences in pain sensitivity and regional brain activity evoked by noxious pressureLeonie J Cole
Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Neurobiol Aging 31:494-503. 2010..The age-related difference in pain-evoked activity seen in the present study may reflect reduced functioning of striatal pain modulatory mechanisms with advancing age... - The impact of Alzheimer's disease on the functional connectivity between brain regions underlying pain perceptionLeonie J Cole
Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Eur J Pain 15:568.e1-11. 2011..The results of this study support previous research suggesting an interplay between pain and cognitive processes in patients with AD... - The menacing phantom: what pulls the trigger?Melita J Giummarra
Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Pain 15:691.e1-8. 2011..Ultimately, optimizing stump and neuroma management, as well as restoring function of central networks for pain, limb movement, and amputation-related memories, should help manage spontaneously triggered phantom phenomena... - Psychometric properties of the Pain Attitudes Questionnaire (revised) in adult patients with chronic painHua Hie Yong
School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, Australia
Pain 104:673-81. 2003..However, the cohorts of patients across the age spectrum show some differences in pain attitudes and possible reasons were discussed... - Do dyskinesia and pain share common pathophysiological mechanisms in Parkinson's disease?Shen Yang Lim
Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Mov Disord 23:1689-95. 2008..Our results suggest that dyskinesia and pain may share common pathophysiological mechanisms in PD... - Pain sensitivity and fMRI pain-related brain activity in Alzheimer's diseaseLeonie J Cole
Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Brain 129:2957-65. 2006..The results of this study show that pain perception and processing are not diminished in Alzheimer's disease, thereby raising concerns about the current inadequate treatment of pain in this highly dependent and vulnerable patient group... - Treatment of chronic non-malignant pain in the elderly: safety considerationsJonathan Bruce Barber
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Drug Saf 32:457-74. 2009..Used appropriately, analgesic and adjuvant treatments can and should be employed to relieve persistent pain in the expanding elderly population... - The psychosocial health status of carers of persons with dementia: a comparison with the chronically illD LoGiudice
University of Melbourne, National Ageing Research Institute, Northwest Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Qual Life Res 7:345-51. 1998..Commensurate with studies exploring the health status of those suffering from diseases, the measurement of the psychosocial health status of carers should also be considered in the scope of assessment and intervention... - Development of a pain attitudes questionnaire to assess stoicism and cautiousness for possible age differencesH H Yong
Clinical Research Laboratory, National Ageing Research Institute, Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 56:P279-84. 2001.... - Factors associated with analgesic and psychotropic medications use by community-dwelling older people with chronic painF Kung
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 23:471-4. 1999..The present study sought to examine use prevalence and factors associated with use of analgesic and psychotropic medications in community-dwelling older people with chronic non-malignant pain... - Age-related differences in the endogenous analgesic response to repeated cold water immersion in human volunteersL L Washington
National Ageing Research Institute, P O Box 31, Parkville, 3052, Victoria, Australia
Pain 89:89-96. 2000..Age differences in the efficacy of endogenous analgesic systems may be expected to reduce the ability of older adults to cope with severe persistent pain states and may help explain some of the variation in the literature on pain report... - Age-related differences in pain perception and reportS J Gibson
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clin Geriatr Med 17:433-56, v-vi. 2001.... - Testing an educational nursing intervention for pain assessment and management in older peopleElizabeth Manias
Melbourne School of Health Sciences, National Ageing Research Institute, Statistical Consulting Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pain Med 12:1199-215. 2011..This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a structured educational nursing intervention on pain assessment and management in older hospitalized people... - Widowhood and other demographic associations of pain in independent older peopleMark Bradbeer
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville Victoria Melbourne, Australia
Clin J Pain 19:247-54. 2003..To determine if psychosocial factors, as suggested by the demographic variables of widowhood and living alone, are associated with pain, particularly severe pain, in a representative sample of independent older people... - Geriatric syndromes as predictors of adverse outcomes of hospitalizationM Anpalahan
Western Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Intern Med J 38:16-23. 2008.... - Corporeal awareness and proprioceptive sense of the phantomMelita J Giummarra
Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Br J Psychol 101:791-808. 2010..We suggest that both the internal limb image and limb schemata play a significant role in the continued perception of phantom limbs... - The epidemiology of pain in elderly peopleR D Helme
National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Clin Geriatr Med 17:417-31, v. 2001..Most of the answers to these and other questions require longitudinal studies with pain as the predominant focus of attention rather than addressing the symptom of pain as an ancillary measure relevant to other aspects of aging... - An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older personsThomas Hadjistavropoulos
Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
Clin J Pain 23:S1-43. 2007..The literature underlying the consensus recommendations is reviewed. Multiple revisions led to final reviews of 2 complete drafts before consensus was reached... - Opioid-insensitive hypoalgesia to mechanical stimuli at sites ipsilateral and contralateral to experimental muscle pain in human volunteersThomas Graven-Nielsen
Center for Sensory Motor Interaction, Laboratory for Experimental Pain Research, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D 3, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark
Exp Brain Res 146:213-22. 2002..The deep peroneal nerve specifically innervates both the TA muscle and the only site of hyperalgesia indicating spatial summation of afferent activity from these structures... - A psychophysical investigation of the facial action coding system as an index of pain variability among older adults with and without Alzheimer's diseaseAmanda C Lints Martindale
Department of Psychology and Center on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Regina, Canada
Pain Med 8:678-89. 2007..Our goal was to study facial expressions of pain in patients with and without AD... - A psychophysical evaluation of the relationship between trait anxiety, pain perception, and induced state anxietyJudy Tang
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
J Pain 6:612-9. 2005.... - The relationship between medical comorbidity and self-rated pain, mood disturbance, and function in older people with chronic painIan Y Leong
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:550-5. 2007..This study tests the hypothesis that comorbid burden is associated with greater levels of self-reported pain and associated disturbance in mood and function... - The use of a self-reported pain measure, a nurse-reported pain measure and the PAINAD in nursing home residents with moderate and severe dementia: a validation studyIan Yi Onn Leong
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433
Age Ageing 35:252-6. 2006..To assess the construct validity of three measures of pain and to determine a categorical version of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale...