AREAS OF FOCUS

  • Population-based PNE: Middle School Education
  • Telehealth and PNE
  • PNE for acute pain
  • Who needs PNE
  • Neuroplasticity underpinnings of manual therapy
  • Inter- and multi-discipinary PNE
  • Therapeutic alliance

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Pain Neuroscience Education

Louw A, Louw C, Flynn T. Case report: Pain Neuroscience Education using Virtual Reality. Pain and Rehabilitation. 2019;46(Winter 2019):4-7.

Louw A, Neilson B, Freund B, Cox T. Pain Neuroscience Education for Physiotherapy Receptionists. Pain and Rehabilitation. 2019;46(Winter 2019):24-31.

Louw A, Zimney K, Reed J, Landers M, Puentedura EJ. Immediate preoperative outcomes of pain neuroscience education for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A case series. Physiother Theory Pract. 2018:1-11.

Louw A, Zimney K, Cox T, O'Hotto C, Wassinger CA. The experiences and beliefs of patients with complex regional pain syndrome: An exploratory survey study. Chronic illness. Jun 2018;14(2):104-118.

Zimney K, Louw A, Johnson J, Peppers S, Farrell K. Effects of Pain Science Education on Physician Assistant Students Understanding of Pain and Attitudes and Beliefs about Pain. South Dakota Medical Journal. 2018;Accepted for publication.

Louw A, Reed J, Zimney K, Puentedura E, Grimm D, Landers M. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Preoperative Pain Neuroscience Education for Total Knee Arthroplasty. 2018;Submitted for publication.

Louw A, Podalak J, Zimney K, Schmidt S, Puentedura EJ. Can pain beliefs change in middle school students? A study of the effectiveness of pain neuroscience education. Physiother Theory Pract. Jul 2018;34(7):542-550.

Louw A, Benz P, Podolak J, Zimney K, Wassinger CA. Pain Neuroscience Education for Middle School Kids and Fear of Physical Activity. Physiotherapy 2017 - Submitted for Publication.

Fercho KA, Baugh LA, Louw A, Zimney K. Pain Neuroscience Education Effect on Pain Matrix Processing in an Individual with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Single Subject Research Design. European Pain Journal. 2017 - Submitted for publication.

Louw A, Zimney K, Johnson EA, Kraemer C, Fesler J, Burcham T. De-educate to re-educate: aging and low back pain. Aging Clin Exp Res. Dec 2017;29(6):1261-1269.

Louw A, Vogsland R, Marth L, Marshall P, Landers M, Cox T. Pain Neuroscience Education across Healthcare Disciplines. Submitted for publication. 2017.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Zimney K, Cox T, Rico D. The clinical implementation of pain neuroscience education: A survey study. Physiother Theory Pract. Nov 2017;33(11):869-879.

Louw A, Nijs J, Puentedura EJ. A clinical perspective on a pain neuroscience education approach to manual therapy. J Man Manip Ther. Jul 2017;25(3):160-168.

Cox T, Puentedura E, Louw A. An Abbreviated Therapeutic Neuroscience Education Session Improves Pain Knowledge in First Year Physical Therapy Students But Does Not Change Attitudes or Beliefs Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2017;25(1):11-21.

Louw A, Zimney K, Puentedura EJ, Diener I. The efficacy of pain neuroscience education on musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review of the literature. Physiother Theory Pract. Jun 28 2016:1-24.

Louw A, Zimney K, Puentedura E. Retention of pain neuroscience knowledge: a multi-centre trial. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. 2016;44(2):91-96.

Louw A, Zimney K, O'Hotto C, Hilton S. The clinical application of teaching people about pain. Physiother Theory Pract. Jul 2016;32(5):385-395.

Louw A, Zimney K, Landers M, Luttrell M, Clair B, Mills J. A randomised controlled trial of "clockwise" ultrasound for low back pain. South African Journal of Physiotherapy. 2016;72(1).

Louw A, Puentedura EL, Zimney K. Teaching patients about pain: It works, but what should we call it? Physiother Theory Pract. Jul 2016;32(5):328-331.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Zimney K, Schmidt S. Know Pain, Know Gain? A Perspective on Pain Neuroscience Education in Physical Therapy. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. Mar 2016;46(3):131-134.

Louw A, Diener I, Landers MR, Zimney K, Puentedura EJ. Three-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial comparing preoperative neuroscience education for patients undergoing surgery for lumbar radiculopathy. J Spine Surg. Dec 2016;2(4):289-298.

Louw A. If we're so good, then why are our patients so bad? Pain and Rehabilitation. 2016;Summer 2016(41):4-5.

Ickmans K, Moens M, Putman K, et al. Back school or brain school for patients undergoing surgery for lumbar radiculopathy? Protocol for a randomised, controlled trial. J Physiother. Jul 2016;62(3):165.

Diener I, Kargela M, Louw A. Listening is therapy: Patient interviewing from a pain science perspective. Physiother Theory Pract. Jul 2016;32(5):356-367.

Louw A, Schmidt SG. Chronic pain and the thoracic spine. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy. Jul 2015;23(3):162-168.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Diener I, Peoples RR. Preoperative therapeutic neuroscience education for lumbar radiculopathy: a single-case fMRI report. Physiother Theory Pract. Oct 2015;31(7):496-508.

Louw A, Diener I, Puentedura EJ. The short term effects of preoperative neuroscience education for lumbar radiculopathy: A case series. International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2015;9:11.

Zimney K, Louw A, Puentedura EJ. Use of Therapeutic Neuroscience Education to address psychosocial factors associated with acute low back pain: a case report. Physiother Theory Pract. Apr 2014;30(3):202-209.

Louw A, Puentedura E. Therapeutic Neuroscience Education, Pain, Physiotherapy and the Pain Neuromatrix. International Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;2(3):33-45.

Louw A, Diener I, Puentedura E. Comparison of Terminology in Patient Education Booklets for Lumbar Surgery. International Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;2(3):47-56.

Louw A, Diener I, Landers MR, Puentedura EJ. Preoperative pain neuroscience education for lumbar radiculopathy: a multicenter randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up. Spine. Aug 15 2014;39(18):1449-1457.

Louw A. Therapeutic neuroscience education via e-mail: a case report. Physiother Theory Pract. Nov 2014;30(8):588-596.

Louw A, Diener I, Butler DS, Puentedura EJ. Preoperative education addressing postoperative pain in total joint arthroplasty: review of content and educational delivery methods. Physiother Theory Pract. Apr 2013;29(3):175-194.

Louw A, Butler DS, Diener I, Puentedura EJ. Development of a preoperative neuroscience educational program for patients with lumbar radiculopathy. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists. May 2013;92(5):446-452.

Puentedura EJ, Louw A. A neuroscience approach to managing athletes with low back pain. Physical therapy in sport: official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. Aug 2012;13(3):123-133.

Louw A, Puentedura EL, Mintken P. Use of an abbreviated neuroscience education approach in the treatment of chronic low back pain: a case report. Physiother Theory Pract. Jan 2012;28(1):50-62.

Louw A, Butler DS, Diener I, Puentedura EJ. Preoperative education for lumbar radiculopathy: A Survey of US Spine Surgeons. International Journal of Spine Surgery. 2012;6:130-139.

Louw A, Diener I, Butler DS, Puentedura EJ. The effect of neuroscience education on pain, disability, anxiety, and stress in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dec 2011;92(12):2041-2056.

Louw A, Louw Q, Crous L. Preoperative education for lumbar surgery for radiculopathy. SA Journal of Physiotherapy. 2009;65(2):3-8.

Graded Motor Imagery

Sawyer EE, McDevitt AW, Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Mintken PE. Use of Pain Neuroscience Education, Tactile Discrimination, and Graded Motor Imagery in an Individual With Frozen Shoulder. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. Mar 2018;48(3):174-184.

Zimney KJ, Wassinger CA, Goranson J, Kingsbury T, Kuhn T, Morgan S. The reliability of card-based and tablet-based left/right judgment measurements. Musculoskeletal science & practice. Feb 2018;33:105-109.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Reese D, Parker P, Miller T, Mintken PE. Immediate Effects of Mirror Therapy in Patients With Shoulder Pain and Decreased Range of Motion. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. Oct 2017;98(10):1941-1947.

Louw A, Farrell K, Zimney K, et al. Pain and Decreased Range of Motion in Knees and Shoulders: A Brief Sensory Remapping Intervention. Pain and Rehabilitation. 2017;Summer(43):20-30.

Louw A, Farrell K, Landers M, et al. The Effect of Manual Therapy and Neuroplasticity Education on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2016.

Louw A, Schmidt SG, Louw C, Puentedura EJ. Moving without moving: immediate management following lumbar spine surgery using a graded motor imagery approach: a case report. Physiother Theory Pract. Oct 2015;31(7):509-517.

Louw A, Farrell K, Wettach L, Uhl J, Majkowski K, Welding M. Immediate effects of sensory discrimination for chronic low back pain: a case series. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. 2015:60-65.

Neurodynamics

Castellote-Caballero Y, Valenza MC, Martin-Martin L, Cabrera-Martos I, Puentedura EJ, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Effects of a neurodynamic sliding technique on hamstring flexibility in healthy male soccer players. A pilot study. Physical therapy in sport: official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. Aug 2013;14(3):156-162.

de-la-Llave-Rincon AI, Puentedura EJ, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. New advances in the mechanisms and etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome. Discovery medicine. May 2012;13(72):343-348.

Puentedura EJ, Huijbregts PA, Celeste S, et al. Immediate effects of quantified hamstring stretching: hold-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation versus static stretching. Physical therapy in sport: official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. Aug 2011;12(3):122-126.

Mintken P, Puentedura EJ, Louw A. Neurodynamic interventions and physiological effects: Clinical neurodynamics in neck and upper extremity pain. In: Fernandez de las Penas C, Cleland J, Huijbregts P, eds. Neck and Arm Pain Syndromes: Evidence-Informed Screening, Diagnosis, and Management in Manual Therapy. : Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier; 2011.

Louw A, Mintken P, Puentedura L. Neuophysiologic Effects of Neural Mobilization Maneuvers. In: Fernandez-De_Las_Penas C, Arendt-Nielsen L, Gerwin RD, eds. Tension-type and Cervicogenic Headache. Boston: Jones and Bartlett; 2009:231-245.

biomedical

Louw A, Zimney K, Landers M. Assessing posture in the individual with fibromyalgia, what's the value? Pain and Rehabilitation. 2017;Winter (42):13 - 21.

Louw A, Zimney K, Johnson EA, Kraemer C, Fesler J, Burcham T. De-educate to re-educate: aging and low back pain. Aging Clin Exp Res. Dec 2017;29(6):1261-1269.

Louw A, Diener I, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C, Puentedura EJ. Sham Surgery in Orthopedics: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Pain medicine. Apr 1 2017;18(4):736-750.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Diener I. A descriptive study of the utilization of physical therapy for postoperative rehabilitation in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar radiculopathy. Eur Spine J. Nov 2016;25(11):3550-3559.

Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Zimney K. A clinical contrast: physical therapists with low back pain treating patients with low back pain. Physiother Theory Pract. Nov 2015;31(8):562-567.

Landers MR, Puentedura E, Louw A, McCauley A, Rasmussen Z, Bungum T. A population-based survey of lumbar surgery beliefs in the United States. Orthopedic nursing. Jul-Aug 2014;33(4):207-216.

Puentedura EJ, Cleland JA, Landers MR, Mintken PE, Louw A, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from thrust joint manipulation to the cervical spine. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012;42(7):577-592.

Puentedura EJ, Slaughter R, Reilly S, Ventura E, Young D. Thrust joint manipulation utilization by U.S. physical therapists. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2016

Puentedura EJ, Flynn T. Combining manual therapy with pain neuroscience education in the treatment of chronic low back pain: A narrative review of the literature. Physiother Theory Pract. Jul 2016;32(5):408-414.

Puentedura EJ, O'Grady WH. Safety of thrust joint manipulation in the thoracic spine: a systematic review. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy. Jul 2015;23(3):154-161.

Puentedura EJ, Cleland JA. Towards a greater appreciation of manual therapy challenges in the thoracic spine. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy. Jul 2015;23(3):121-122.

Puentedura EJ, March J, Anders J, et al. Safety of cervical spine manipulation: are adverse events preventable and are manipulations being performed appropriately? A review of 134 case reports. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy. May 2012;20(2):66-74.

Mendez-Sanchez R, Gonzalez-Iglesias J, Puente-Gonzalez AS, Sanchez-Sanchez JL, Puentedura EJ, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Effects of manual therapy on craniofacial pain in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis: a case series. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics. Jan 2012;35(1):64-72.

Puentedura EJ, Landers MR, Hurt K, Meissner M, Mills J, Young D. Immediate effects of lumbar spine manipulation on the resting and contraction thickness of transversus abdominis in asymptomatic individuals. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. Jan 2011;41(1):13-21.

Puentedura EJ, Landers MR, Cleland JA, Mintken PE, Huijbregts P, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Thoracic spine thrust manipulation versus cervical spine thrust manipulation in patients with acute neck pain: a randomized clinical trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. Apr 2011;41(4):208-220.

Mendez-Sanchez R, Gonzalez-Iglesias J, Puente-Gonzalez AS, Sanchez-Sanchez JL, Puentedura EJ, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Effects of Manual Therapy on Craniofacial Pain in Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Case Series. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics. Oct 27 2011.

Isabel de-la-Llave-Rincon A, Puentedura EJ, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Clinical presentation and manual therapy for upper quadrant musculoskeletal conditions. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy. Nov 2011;19(4):201-211.

Puentedura EJ, Brooksby CL, Wallmann HW, Landers MR. Rehabilitation following lumbosacral percutaneous nucleoplasty: a case report. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. Apr 2009;40(4):214-224.