Mira Meeus
Ghent University
305 Papers
490 Citations
Mira Meeus is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Chronic pain. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 242 publications. Previous affiliations of Mira Meeus include The Catholic University of America & Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen.
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Papers
Chronic pain in patients with the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: evidence for generalized hyperalgesia.
Lies Rombaut,Mark Scheper,Inge De Wandele,Janneke de Vries,Mira Meeus,Fransiska Malfait,Raoul H.H. Engelbert,Patrick Calders +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided for the existence of hyperalgesia even in asymptomatic areas (generalized secondary hyper algesia) in patients with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (EDS-HT), which inquires an adapted pain management for this patient group.
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Blended-Learning Pain Neuroscience Education for People With Chronic Spinal Pain: Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial
Anneleen Malfliet,Jeroen Kregel,Mira Meeus,Nathalie Roussel,Lieven Danneels,Barbara Cagnie,Mieke Dolphens,Jo Nijs +7 more
TL;DR: Blended‐learning PNE was able to improve kinesiophobia and illness perceptions in participants with chronic spinal pain, and effect sizes remained small to medium, which might raise the concern of limited clinical utility.
Cognitive Performance Is Related to Central Sensitization and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders and Fibromyalgia.
Iris Coppieters,Kelly Ickmans,Barbara Cagnie,Barbara Cagnie,Jo Nijs,Robby De Pauw,Suzie Noten,Mira Meeus +7 more
TL;DR: Significant cognitive deficits, signs of CS, and reduced health-related QoL in chronic WAD and FM patients compared to healthy individuals are demonstrated and provide preliminary evidence for the clinical importance of objectively measured cognitive deficits in patients with chronic Wad and FM.
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Convergent Validity of the Dutch Central Sensitization Inventory: Associations with Psychophysical Pain Measures, Quality of Life, Disability, and Pain Cognitions in Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain.
Jeroen Kregel,Charline Schumacher,Mieke Dolphens,Anneleen Malfliet,Dorien Goubert,Dorine Lenoir,Barbara Cagnie,Mira Meeus,Mira Meeus,Iris Coppieters +9 more
TL;DR: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the convergent validity of the CSI by investigating the association with psychophysical pain measures and self‐reported measures of current pain intensity, quality of life, disability, and catastrophizing in CSP patients.
Lack of evidence for central sensitization in idiopathic, non-traumatic neck pain: a systematic review.
Anneleen Malfliet,Jeroen Kregel,Barbara Cagnie,Barbara Cagnie,Mandy Kuipers,Mieke Dolphens,Nathalie Roussel,Mira Meeus,Lieven Danneels,Wichor M. Bramer,Jo Nijs +10 more
TL;DR: Central sensitization (CS) is defined as an amplification of neural signaling within the central nervous system that elicits pain hypersensitivity, increased responsiveness of nociceptive neurons to their normal or sub-threshold afferent input, or an augmentation of responsiveness of central neurons to input from unimodal and polymodal receptors as mentioned in this paper.