The fear-avoidance model in whiplash injuriesRuben Nieto
Department of Psychology and Education, Open University of Catalonia Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Rambla del Poblenou 156, 08018 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Eur J Pain 13:518-23. 2009
..The results of this study are in accordance with the fear-avoidance model, and support a biopsychosocial perspective for whiplash disorders...
- Disability in subacute whiplash patients: usefulness of the neck disability index
Ruben Nieto
Department of Psychology and Education, Open University of Catalonia, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:E630-5. 2008
..Cross-sectional study...
- Are coping and catastrophising independently related to disability and depression in patients with whiplash associated disorders?
Ruben Nieto
PSINET research group, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Disabil Rehabil 33:389-98. 2011
..Specifically, we wanted to test if they are independent predictive variables, after controlling for pain severity, sociodemographic and crash-related variables...
Changes in pain-related beliefs, coping, and catastrophizing predict changes in pain intensity, pain interference, and psychological functioning in individuals with myotonic muscular dystrophy and facioscapulohumeral dystrophyRuben Nieto
Department of Psychology and Education, Psinet Research Group Internet Interdisciplinary Institute IN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Rambla del Poble Nou, 156 Barcelona 08018, Spain
Clin J Pain 28:47-54. 2012
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- The Catalan version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale: a useful instrument to assess catastrophic thinking in whiplash patients
Jordi Miró
Department of Psychology, Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, Spain
J Pain 9:397-406. 2008
..PERSPECTIVE: The usefulness of the PCS in whiplash disorders has been explored in this study. Results of our work show that the PCS can be a very useful tool to assess catastrophic thinking about pain in whiplash patients...
Predictive factors of chronic pediatric pain and disability: a Delphi pollJordi Miró
Department of Psychology, Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, Spain
J Pain 8:774-92. 2007
..This study could serve as the basis for (1) prospective studies to validate the predictive utility of the variables; and (2) the design of secondary prevention programs...
- The inventory of parent/caregiver responses to the children's pain experience (IRPEDNA): development and preliminary validation
Anna Huguet
Department of Psychology, Rovira i Virgili University, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Pain 134:128-39. 2008
..The three scales had good internal consistency, with coefficient alphas of 0.87, 0.83 and 0.87, respectively; they also showed good criterion-related validity...
- Evaluation of reliability, validity, and preference for a pain intensity scale for use with the elderly
Jordi Miró
Department of Psychology, Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, Spain
J Pain 6:727-35. 2005
..Likewise, it could be used by researchers who wish to evaluate the effects of available treatments...
- Presence, involvement and efficacy of a virtual reality intervention on pain
José Gutiérrez-Maldonado
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Stud Health Technol Inform 154:97-101. 2010
..The results obtained in our study are consistent with this view, since the Involvement scale of the IPQ did not correlate with any of the measures related with the treatment's efficacy...
