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| Akiko OkifujiSummaryAffiliation: University of Utah Country: USA Publications
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Do sleep disorders contribute to pain sensitivity?Akiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 13:528-34. 2011..Continuing efforts in both experimental and clinical research are needed to develop a translationally meaningful understanding of how poor sleep impacts pain...
Sequential analyses of daily symptoms in women with fibromyalgia syndromeAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
J Pain 12:84-93. 2011..Our results also provide support for the use of EMA as a viable data collection method that allows longitudinal, real-time assessment of multiple FMS symptoms...- Relationship between fibromyalgia and obesity in pain, function, mood, and sleepAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Pain 11:1329-37. 2010..The results suggest that obesity may aggregate FMS and weight management may need to be incorporated into treatments... - Evaluating obesity in fibromyalgia: neuroendocrine biomarkers, symptoms, and functionsAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Clin Rheumatol 28:475-8. 2009..56) and sleep efficiency (r= -0.44). No associations between self-reported symptoms and BMI were found. This study provides preliminary evidence suggesting that obesity plays a role in FMS-related dysfunction... 
Behavioral medicine approaches to painAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Anesthesiol Clin 25:709-19, v. 2007..Particular attention is given to cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy...- Behavioral medicine approaches to painAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research and Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Med Clin North Am 91:45-55. 2007..Some of the approaches listed in this paper can be incorporated into clinicians' practice regardless of specialties, and such practice will likely provide helpful venues for managing pain patients... - Stress and psychophysiological dysregulation in patients with fibromyalgia syndromeAkiko Okifuji
Division of Pain Research and Management, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 27:129-41. 2002..In this paper, we discuss the role of stress in the pain experience in general, stress in patients with FMS, and review the studies evaluating the ANS and HPA functions in response to various stressors... - Sex hormones and pain in regularly menstruating women with fibromyalgia syndromeAkiko Okifuji
Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Pain 7:851-9. 2006..PERSPECTIVE: Normally menstruating women with FMS and healthy women do not seem to show fluctuating threshold and tolerance to the ischemic pain test. The role of sex hormones in the hyperalgesia of FMS appears limited... - Nightly analyses of subjective and objective (actigraphy) measures of sleep in fibromyalgia syndrome: what accounts for the discrepancy?Akiko Okifuji
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Research and Management Center, University of Utah, 615 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Clin J Pain 27:289-96. 2011..To evaluate the concordance between the subjective and objective methods of sleep assessment in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to delineate factors associated with discrepancy between the 2 sleep assessment methods... - Psychological factors in chronic pain: evolution and revolutionDennis C Turk
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:678-90. 2002..The authors conclude by noting that pain has received a tremendous amount of attention culminating in the passage of a law by the U.S. Congress designating the period 2001-2011 as the "The Decade of Pain Control and Research.".. - Evidence-based scientific data documenting the treatment and cost-effectiveness of comprehensive pain programs for chronic nonmalignant painRobert J Gatchel
Department of Psychology, College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
J Pain 7:779-93. 2006..This review clearly revealed that CPPs offer the most efficacious and cost-effective treatment for persons with chronic pain, relative to a host of widely used conventional medical treatment...
Research Grants
- SEX HORMONES, STRESS, AND PAIN IN FIBROMYALGIAAkiko Okifuji; Fiscal Year: 2004..The findings from this project are expected to promote better understanding of the role of female sex hormones in noxious sensory processing in chronic pain disorders. ..
- BEHAVIORAL PREPARATION FOR TREATING FIBROMYALGIAAkiko Okifuji; Fiscal Year: 2009..We expect that results from this study will facilitate better understanding of how motivation enhancement augments clinical benefit of rehabilitative approach for many chronic pain conditions. ..