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Ward Willaert
Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Publications - 14
Citations - 214
Ward Willaert is an academic researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Low back pain. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications receiving 101 citations. Previous affiliations of Ward Willaert include American Physical Therapy Association & Research Foundation - Flanders.
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Best Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 3: Low Back Pain
Anneleen Malfliet,Kelly Ickmans,Eva Huysmans,Iris Coppieters,Ward Willaert,Ward Willaert,Wouter Van Bogaert,Emma Rheel,Emma Rheel,Thomas Bilterys,Paul van Wilgen,Jo Nijs +11 more
TL;DR: A state-of-the-art overview of the best evidence non-invasive rehabilitation for CLBP is provided, except for pain neuroscience education and spinal manipulative therapy if combined with exercise therapy, with or without psychological therapy.
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Lifestyle and Chronic Pain across the Lifespan: An Inconvenient Truth?
Jo Nijs,Eva D'Hondt,Peter Clarys,Tom Deliens,Andrea Polli,Andrea Polli,Anneleen Malfliet,Iris Coppieters,Ward Willaert,Sevilay Tümkaya Yilmaz,Ömer Elma,Kelly Ickmans,Kelly Ickmans +12 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that treatment approaches for people with chronic pain should address all relevant lifestyle factors concomitantly in an individually‐tailored multimodal intervention, which should lead to improved outcomes and decrease the psychological and socioeconomic burden of chronic pain.
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Explaining pain following cancer: a practical guide for clinicians.
Jo Nijs,Amarins J Wijma,Laurence Leysen,Roselien Pas,Ward Willaert,Wouter Hoelen,Kelly Ickmans,C. Paul van Wilgen +7 more
TL;DR: PNE is a potential solution to improve pain outcome in cancer survivors and further research using sufficiently powered and well-designed randomized clinical trials should be conducted to examine the potential of PNE in patients having pain following cancer.
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Motivation, expectations, and usability of a driven gait orthosis in stroke patients and their therapists
Eva Swinnen,Nina Lefeber,Ward Willaert,Fallon De Neef,Lyn Bruyndonckx,Annemie Spooren,Marc Michielsen,Tine Ramon,Eric Kerckhofs +8 more
TL;DR: Stroke user group patients seem quite motivated to train with the DGO and both patients and therapists reasonably believe that this training could improve gait functioning, but there is room for improvement with respect to usefulness and ease of use.
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Central sensitisation: another label or useful diagnosis?
Jo Nijs,Andrea Polli,Andrea Polli,Ward Willaert,Ward Willaert,Anneleen Malfliet,Eva Huysmans,Iris Coppieters,Iris Coppieters +8 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that among long-term conditions, chronic pain is responsible for the highest number of years lived with disability and is the most expensive cause of work-related disability, in part due to excess deaths from cancer and cardiovascular disease.