Timothy H. Wideman's research while affiliated with McGill University and other places

... Notably, exercise regimens have been reported to decrease the use of analgesics and improve quality of life in some, but not all, studies [39,58]. Complete and long bedrest should be avoided, and patients should resume physical activity as quickly as possible [59]. In patients with the so-called vertebral fracture cascade, i.e., an increased risk of subsequent VFx after an initial VFx [60], weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening exercises, with caution to avoid undue stress on the back, are advised [37]. ...

... 11 However, patient apprehension or surgeon fear of VF during postoperative exercise limits widespread implementation. [12][13][14] The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the evidence for and against postoperative exercise following vertebral augmentation for osteoporotic VFs to guide future practice. ...

... 6 Potential alteration in these brain areas could explain the lower efficacy of pain modulation in participants with CLBP measured through psychophysical paradigms, such as conditioned pain modulation (CPM) 7 or exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH). [8][9][10] Indeed, EIH and CPM involve pain modulation systems, such as the opioidergic system, which are known to produce antinociceptive effects. [11][12][13][14][15] CPM represents the decrease in pain sensitivity after a painful stimulus on a remote body part (eg, the cold pressor task-cold water immersion of a limb as conditioning stimulus). ...

... 4,5 Movementevoked pain is typically more severe than pain at rest in patients with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP), 6 which is the most common diagnosis of shoulder pain, [7][8][9] and seems to be mediated by peripheral and central sensitization mechanisms and psychological factors. 3,4,[10][11][12] Repetitive movement tasks are recommended for movementevoked pain assessment. 4,13,14 However, pain intensity may be exacerbated by repeated movement of the shoulder. ...

... Fourth, current results should not be extrapolated to other cultures or to the general population with lateral epicondylalgia. Thus, multicentric studies across diverse cultures are needed to examine the validity of our results (Reis et al., 2022). Finally, the lack of a control group could also be considered a limitation of the study; however, it should be considered that scores of CSI and S-LANSS in a control group would be relatively small. ...

... Several investigators have suggested that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy might be of benefit in modifying perceptions of injustice [9,10,58]. There are also indications that risk-targeted behavioural activation might be effective in reducing perceptions of injustice [59,60]. ...

... Studies of mimetic proprioception and respectively of reciprocal inhibition of facial muscles up till now did not attract many researchers . Probably, the reason is that this object is rather challenging to study on animal models, and that disruptions of facial movements after peripheral neuropathies of facial nerve, although represent a huge aesthetic problem for the patients, do not nevertheless present any immediate danger to general health or to life of such patients [7] . This article is aimed at giving a start to the study of this issue and attracting attention of researchers to the necessity of deeper and more detailed studies of mechanisms of mimetic proprioception, as well as of the problems related to disruption of natural mimetic patterns in patients Клинические особенности нарушения реципрокного торможения лицевых мышц-антагонистов как обоснование для применения программ реабилитации пациентов с давним невосстановленным параличом Белла а. пашов 1 , и. Жарова 2 резюме. ...

... Recent research has investigated the effect of several therapies on people experiencing MEP: exercise, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), kinesiology taping, continuous and pulsed ultrasound, manual therapy, and medications. 30,31 One systematic review found moderate evidence for exercise therapy and low evidence for TENS in providing a beneficial treatment effect for MEP. 30 While multifaceted pain treatment is a recommended best practice, it is not consistently applied and could benefit from implementation science investigations and consensus-developed nursing order sets for MEP management. ...

... In the studies that do report differences in erector spinae reaction time, they are typically delayed [18,19]. Although these data appear to suggest some compromise in the activation of back muscles (which implies suboptimal control) [12], there are also data that suggest excessive recruitment of back muscles in response to experimental pain [44] and in individuals with chronic back pain during functional tasks [12,45], especially in those with unhelpful beliefs [46,47]. Increased activation appears to more consistently involve the more superficial erector spinae than deep (e.g., multifidus) muscles [12]. ...

... In this aspect, it is important to clarify a fundamental distinction between essential percepts: pain and suffering as closely interconnected entities, albeit not synonymous [119]. Suffering can occur independently of pain, just as pain can be experienced without implicit suffering. ...