Chronic Pain

2025

Therapeutic Use of Auto-Induced Cognitive Trance in a Chronic Pain Setting: A Case Study Using Mixed Methodology. Collignon, G.* , Bicego, A. Y.* , Faymonville, M.-E., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Dive, D., Sombrun, C., Bioy, A.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*. OBM Integrative and Complimentary Medicine, 010(01), 1-20. doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2501012

2024

Exploring Electrophysiological Responses to Hypnosis in Patients with Fibromyalgia. Kumar Govindaiah, P., Adarsh, A., Panda, R., Gosseries, O., Malaise, N., Salamun, I., Tshibanda, L., Laureys, S., Bonhomme, V., Faymonville, M.-E., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., & Bicego, A. Y. Brain Sciences, 14(11), 1047. doi:10.3390/brainsci14111047
How can we better understand hypnosis and its modulation of pain with neuroimaging? Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M.-E., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. In J. Linden, G. De Benedittis, L. Sugarman, ... K. Varga, The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Virtual Reality Combined with Mind-Body Therapies for the Management of Pain: A Scoping Review. Louras, M.*, Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*, Panda, R., Rousseaux, F., Carella, M., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Faymonville, M. E., & Bicego, A. The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis, 1–37. doi:10.1080/00207144.2024.2391365
Virtual reality hypnosis prior to radiofrequency thermocoagulation for patients with chronic pain: an exploratory clinical trial. Safy, O., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M.-E., Libbrecht, D., Fontaine Robert, Raaf Melissa, Staquet, C., Tasset, H., Bonhomme, V., Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* , & Bicego, A. Y.*. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1331826.

2023

Virtual reality hypnosis in the management of pain: Self-reported and neurophysiological measures in healthy subjects. Rousseaux, F., Panda, R., Toussaint, C., Bicego, A., Niimi, M., Faymonville, M. E., Nyssen, A. S., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. European journal of pain (London, England), 27(1), 148–162. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2045

2022

Intérêt d’une approche biopsychosociale dans la prise en charge d’un patient souffrant de douleurs chroniques une revue narrative. Remy H.* , Bicego, A. Y.* , Faymonville, M.-E., Bonhomme, V.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* Revue Médicale de Liège.
Hypnosis to manage musculoskeletal and neuropathic chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Langlois, P., & Perrochon, A., & David, R., Rainville, P., Wood, C., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A., & Pageaux, B., Ounajim, A., Lavallière, M., Debarnot, U., Luque-Moreno, C., Roulaud, M., Simoneau, M., Goudman, L., Moens, M., Rigoard, P., & Billot, M. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104591. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104591.
Neurophysiology of hypnosis in chronic pain: a review of recent literature. Bicego, A., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M-E., Nyssen, A-S., Vanhaudenhuyse, A. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis., 64(1):62-80. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2020.1869517. PMID: 34748463.
Self-hypnosis for phantom limb pain: a multiple case study. Bicego, A., Delmal, P., Ledoux, D., Faymonville, M.-E., Maertens de Noordhout, B., Cerasoli, A., Cassol, H., Gosseries, O., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 7(3).doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2203040
Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units: A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients. Rousseaux, F., Dardenne, N., Massion, P.B., Ledoux, D., Bicego, A., Donneau, A.F., Faymonville, M.E., Nyssen, A.S., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 39(1):58-66. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001633.

2021

Complementary treatment comparison for chronic pain management: A randomized longitudinal study. Bicego, A., Monseur, J., Collinet, A., Donneau, A.F., Fontaine, R., Libbrecht, D., Malaise, N., Nyssen, A.S., Raaf, M., Rousseaux, F., Salamun, I., Staquet, C., Teuwis, S., Tomasella, M., Faymonville, M.E., Vanhaudenhuyse, A. PLoS One, 16(8). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256001.
Drop-out from chronic pain treatment programmes: Is randomization justified in biopsychosocial approaches? Bicego, A., Monseur, J., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M.E., Malaise, N., Salamun, I., Collinet, A., Nyssen, A.S., Vanhaudenhuyse, A. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 53(4), DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2824.
Psychological Interventions Influence Patients’ Attitudes and Beliefs about their Chronic Pain: A 6-Month Follow-up. Bicego, A., Remy, H., Diep, A.N., Donneau, A.F., Faymonville, M.E., Nyssen, A.S., Malaise, N., Salamun, I., Vanhaudenhuyse, A. Chronic Pain Management Journal, 5(135). DOI: 10.29011/2576- 957X.100035.

2020

Hypnosis Associated with 3D Immersive Virtual Reality Technology in the Management of Pain: A Review of the Literature. Rousseaux, F., Bicego, A., Ledoux, D., Massion, P., Nyssen, A.S, Faymonville, M.E., Laureys, S., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. Journal of Pain Research, 13, 1129-1138. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S231737.

2019

Hypnosis for cingulate-mediated analgesia and disease treatment. Trujillo-Rodríguez, D., Faymonville, M.-E., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Demertzi, A. Cingulate Cortex. Handbook of Clinical Neurology (3rd series). Vogt BA, Elsevier B.V.; p. 327–339. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64196-0.00018-2

2018

Psychological interventions influence patients' attitudes and beliefs about their chronic pain. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Gillet, A., Malaise, N., Salamun, I., Grosdent, S., Maquet, D., Nyssen, A.-S., Faymonville, M.-E. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 8, 296-302. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.09.001

2016

Hypnose et douleurs chroniques. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Staquet, C., Faymonville ME. In Roelants, F., Watremez, C., Ogez, D. L’hypnose médicale : un outil pour améliorer l’accompagnement du patient atteint d’un cancer ?

2015

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness: A study of different treatment approaches in a tertiary pain centre. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Gillet, A., Malaise, N., Salamun, I., Barsics, C., Grosdent, S., Maquet, D., Nyssen, A.-S., Faymonville, M.-E.. Eur J Pain. 19(10):1437-46. DOI: 10.1002/ejp.674
Hypnosis and pain modulation. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Gillet, A., Nyssen, A.-S., Faymonville, M.-E. In Garcia-Larrea, L., Jackson, P.L. Pain in the Conscious Brain. Wolters-Kluwer – IASP, Philadephia .

2014

Apprivoiser la douleur grâce à l’hypnose. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Faymonville, M.-E. L'Essentiel Cerveau&Psycho, 17
Neurophysiology of hypnosis. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Laureys, S., Faymonville, M.-E. Neurophysiol Clin. 44(4):343-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2013.09.006

2009

Neurophysiological correlates of hypnotic analgesia. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Boly, M., Laureys, S., Faymonville M.-E. Contemporary Hypnosis. 26(1): 15–23. DOI: 10.1002/ch.373
Pain and non-pain processing during hypnosis: A thulium-YAG event-related fMRI study. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Boly, M., Balteau, E., Schnakers, C., Moonen, G., Luxen, A., Lamy, M., Degueldre, C., Brichant, J.-F., Maquet, P., Laureys, S., Faymonville, M.-E. Neuroimage 47, (3), 1047-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.031

2008

Hypnosis and pain perception. Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Boveroux, P., Boly, M., Schnakers, C., Bruno, M.-A., Kirsch, M., Demertzi, A., Lamy, M., Maquet, P., Laureys, S. et al. Rev Med Liège. 63: 424-8.

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