Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 8 , Pages 1153-1159 , August 2010

Pain Physiology Education Improves Pain Beliefs in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared With Pacing and Self-Management Education: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented to the World Confederation of Physical Therapy, June 2–6, 2007, Vancouver, Canada; the International Council on Physiotherapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health, February 27–29, 2008, Bergen University, Norway; the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, June 3–6, 2008, Bruges, Belgium; the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists, June 9–13, 2008, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and the European Federation of International Association for the Study of Pain Chapters, September 8–12, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

  • Mira Meeus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jo Nijs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
    • Department of Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jo Nijs, PhD, Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Dept of Health Sciences, Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Van Aertselaerstraat 31, 2170 Merksem, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jessica Van Oosterwijck, PT

      Affiliations

    • Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
    • Department of Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Veerle Van Alsenoy, PT

      Affiliations

    • Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Steven Truijen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium

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 Supported by the Higher Institute of Physiotherapy, Department of Health Sciences, Artesis University College Antwerp, Belgium (grant no. G 807), the Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy—Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (OZR project OZ.R. 1234/MFYS Wer2), and a postdoctoral research fellowship of the Research Foundation Flanders—Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(10)00251-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.04.020

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