Reward Processing Following Whiplash Injury – Does This Help Explain Chronic Pain Persistence?
Ashley Smith, Susanne Becker, September 22, 2024 Link to Blog Link to the Abstract What question is this study trying to answer? In this study, we explore the relationship between motivation and pain and disability with quality of life and psychological measures in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). Motivation can be investigated with […]
Does Aberrant Nociceptive Processing Predict Cervical Facet-Mediated Pain?
Ashley Smith Link to Blog Link to the Abstract What question is this study trying to answer? The objectives of this study were to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of atypical nociceptive processing (reduced local, remote or global pressure pain thresholds PPTs) in patients with cervical facet-mediated pain who reported a successful response to radiofrequency […]
Offset Analgesia is Elicited in Chronic Whiplash-Associated DIsorders and is not Attenuated by Nociception: A pre-test/post-test study
Presented by Ashley Smith at Canadian Pain Society Meeting, Ottawa, May 29, 2024 Link to Blog Link to the Abstract What question is this study trying to answer? People with chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) may show signs of increased sensitivity to pain, known as central sensitization. Central sensitization can result from impaired pain processing by […]
The Relationship between Pupillary Light Reflex and Clinical Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Chronic WAD? An observational study.
Colin Wasylynuk, Ashley Smith
Effects of physical activity and sitting on health outcomes in adults with whiplash associated disorders
Lisa Jasper, Giorgia Van Brushchot, & Ashley Smith
