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Studies and Articles Published in Peer Reviewed Journals

Short-and Long-Term Outcomes of Children with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I Treated with Exercise Therapy

Published in The Clinical Journal of Pain, 1999. To view on Pubmed click here.

Outcomes of Children with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome After Intensive Inpatient Rehabilitation

Published in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012

A Day-Hospital Approach to Treatment of Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Initial Functional Outcomes

Published in the Clinical Journal of Pain, 2012

The Treatment of Juvenile Fibromyalgia with an Intensive Physical and Psychosocial Program

Published in The Journal of Pediatrics, 2015  To view on Pubmed click here.

Relationship Between Sleep and Pain in Adolescents with Juvenile Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Published in Sleep, 2013

Please Don’t Hurt Me!: A Plea Against Invasive Procedures in Children and Adolescents with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Originally published in German

Amplified Pain—A Helpful Diagnosis

Published in JAMA Pediatrics, 2021

The spectrum of pediatric amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome

Published in the Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2020

Resilience Coaching for Adolescent Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM)

Published in Journal of Medical Internet Research, Research Protocols, 2025

Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Resilience Coaching for Youth With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Pediatric Rheumatologists' Perspectives

Published in Arthritis Care and Research (Hoboken), 2025

Non-Pharmacologic Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment in Pediatrics: Impact on Symptoms, Daily Functioning, and the Family Unit

Published in Children (Basel), 2024

Non-organic back pain signs in children with amplified musculoskeletal pain involving the back

Published in the Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2025

Pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome With and Without a History of Prior Physical Trauma at Onset

Published in the Clinical Journal of Pain, 2023

Characterizing Neurocognitive Impairment in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Subjective and Objective Measures of Dyscognition

Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022

The Feasibility and Acceptability of Resilience Coaching for Adolescent Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Single-Arm Pilot Trial

Published in Children (Basel), 2022

Suicidal risk and resilience in juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome: a cross-sectional cohort study

Published in the Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2021

Disordered eating among adolescents with chronic pain: the experience of a pediatric rheumatology subspecialty pain clinic

Published in Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2021

VIDEO SUPPLEMENTS - PDF DOWNLOADS

An Overview of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes – 2000

Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain (AMP) – A Guide for Families

A Typical Day in the Gym

MISCELLANEOUS

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia AMPS Program

Laurel’s Story – Localized Amplified Pain

The Idiopathic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes in Children – 2002

The Burning Truth, By W. Weckstein

Power through Pain, By E. Elster

Hospitals That Offer This Treatment Program for Children with Amplified Pain

PATIENT VIDEOS

Matt's story

Diffuse Amplified Pain (Myofascial Pain, Fibromyalgia, etc.)

ALISSA'S STORY

Localized Amplified Pain (CRPS, RSD, etc.)