Executive and Attentional Functions in Chronic Pain: Does Performance Decrease with Increasing Task Load?

Joukje M Oosterman; Laura C Derksen; Albert JM van Wijck; Roy PC Kessels; Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen

doi:10.1155/2012/962786

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2012)

Executive and Attentional Functions in Chronic Pain: Does Performance Decrease with Increasing Task Load?

Joukje M Oosterman,
Laura C Derksen,
Albert JM van Wijck,
Roy PC Kessels,
Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen

Affiliations

Joukje M Oosterman: Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Laura C Derksen: Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Albert JM van Wijck: University Medical Center Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Pain Clinic, Utrecht, Netherlands
Roy PC Kessels: Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen: University Medical Center Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Pain Clinic, Utrecht, Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/962786
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 159 – 165

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Diminished executive function and attentional control has been reported in chronic pain patients. However, the precise pattern of impairment in these aspects of cognition in chronic pain remains unclear. Moreover, a decline in psychomotor speed could potentially influence executive and attentional control performance in pain patients.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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