Publications

Eiger B, Errebo M, Straszek CL, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2022). Less is more: reliability and measurement error for three versions of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-11, TSK-13, and TSK-17) in patients with high-impact chronic pain. In Scand J Pain, In press.

Andersen TE, Hansen M, Ravn SL, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2022). The association of probable PTSD at baseline and pain-related outcomes after chronic pain rehabilitation: a comparison of DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria for PTSD. In Eur J Pain, In press.

Hansen S, Petersen KK, Sloth E, Manum LA, McDonals AK, Andersen PG, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2022). Hypoalgesia after exercises with painful versus non-painful muscles – a randomized controlled cross-over study. In Scand J Pain, In press.

Due Bruun K, Amris K, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR, Holsgaard-Larsen A, Christensen R., Toft P (2021). Low dose naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Protocol for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. In Trials 22(1):804.

Balasch-Bernat M, Lluch E, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Dueñas L (2021). Should exercises be painful or not? Effects on clinical and experimental pain in individuals with shoulder pain. In J Pain 22(10):1246-1255.

Due Bruun K, Jensen HI, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Toft P, Amris K, Kvorning N (2021). Performance of the 2016 diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia in a tertiary pain rehabilitation setting: A diagnostic accuracy study. In Scand J Pain 22(1):67-76.

Larsen DB, Bendix L, Abeler K, Petersen KK, Sprehn M, Due Bruun K, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2021). Obstructive sleep apnea is common in patients with high-impact chronic pain – an exploratory study from an interdisciplinary pain center. In Scand J Pain 22(1):106-117.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Johansen JV, Sopina L, Smith A, Kent P, Fuglsang KS, Pedersen JF, Schutze R, O’Sullivan P, Handberg G, Fatoye F, Ussing K, Stegemejer I, Thorlund JB (2021). Cognitive Functional Therapy+ Versus an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Approach for Patients with Disabling Chronic Low Back Pain (CONFeTTI Trial): study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. In Phys Ther 101(9):1-12.

Gajsar H, Meyer M, Hasenbring MI, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2021). Pain and executive function: no association between remote exercise-induced hypoalgesia and cognitive inhibition in pain-free participants. In Scand J Pain 22(1):173-185.

Mortensen WC, Bendix L, Jensen HI, Varnum C, Rasmussen LE, Lauridsen J, Borbye-Lorenzen N, Skogstrand K, Toft P, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR (2021). The effect of pre-analytical handling on the stability of fractalkine, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), interleukin 6 and interleukin 8 in samples of human cerebrospinal fluid: A prospective cohort study. In Neuroinflammation 494:113057.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Christoffersen LO, Enggaard TP, Holdgaard DEM, Lefevre TN, Eltved R, Reisenhus CH, Licht TW, Laustsen MM, Hansson SH, Jensen PF, Larsen TRF, Alpiger S, Guldhammer B, Høybye MT (2021). Socio-demographics, pain characteristics, quality of life and treatment values before and after specialized interdisciplinary pain treatment: results from the Danish clinical pain registry (PainData). In J Pain Res 14:1215-1230.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Petersen KK, Sjodsholm LV, Schou P, Andersen MB, Graven-Nielsen T (2021). Impaired Exercise-induced Hypoalgesia in Individuals Reporting an Increase in Low Back Pain During Acute Exercise. In Eur J Pain 25(5):1053-1063.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Parsons C, Bergen FH, Høybye MT (2021). Sleep disturbances in patients attending specialized Chronic Pain clinics in Denmark: a longitudinal study examining the relationship between changes in sleep and pain outcomes. In Scand J Pain 21(3):539-547.

Bulow K, Lindberg K, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Juhl C (2021). Effectiveness of Pain Neurophysiology Education in Treating Individuals with Musculoskeletal Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. In Pain Med 22(4):891-904.

Titze C, Hasenbring M, Kristensen L, Bendix L, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2021). Patterns of approach to activity in 851 patients with severe chronic pain: translation and preliminary validation of the 9-item Avoidance-Endurance Fast-Screen (AEFS) into Danish. In Clin J Pain 37:226-236.

Nygaard NP, Kock-Jensen C, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Wedderkopp N, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt M, Gram B (2021). Cryoneurolysis for the Management of Chronic Pain in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis; A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Sham Trial. In BMC Musculoskelet Disord 22:228.

Hansen M, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Cloitre M, Andersen TE (2021). Validation of the Danish International Trauma Questionnaire for posttraumatic stress disorder in chronic pain patients. In Psychotraumatology 12(1):1880747.

Petersen KK, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Stubhaug A, Wolff A, Scammell BE, Arendt-Nielsen L, Larsen DB (2021). The predictive value of quantitative sensory testing: a systematic review on chronic postoperative pain and the analgesic effect of pharmacological therapies in patients with chronic pain. In PAIN 162(1):31-44.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Peter Thinggaard, Casper Høi Madsen, Monika Hasenbring, Jonas Bloch Thorlund (2020). The power of words: Influence of Preexercise Information on Hypoalgesia after Exercise - Randomized Controlled Trial. In MSSE 2020;52(11):2373-2379.

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Thuy VK, Stenager E, Hoang H, Bruun-Plesner K, Fuglsang KS, la Cour BS, Handberg G, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2020). Preliminary Validity and Test-Retest Reliability of two Depression Questionnaires Compared with a Diagnostic Interview in 99 Patients with Chronic Pain Seeking Specialist Pain Treatment. In Scand J Pain 20(4):717-726.

Bruun-Plesner K, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR, Amris K, Toft P (2020). Low Dose Naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Investigation of dose-response relationships. In Pain Med 21(10):2253-2261.

Tesarz J, Baumeister D, Andersen TE, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2020). Pain perception and processing in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review with meta-analysis. In PAIN Reports 5(5):e849.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Jones MD (2020). Exercise-induced hypoalgesia after acute and regular exercise: Experimental and clinical manifestations and possible mechanisms in individuals with and without pain. In PAIN Reports 5(5):e823.

Glintborg D, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Christensen LL, Bendix E, Graven-Nielsen T, Andersen PG, Andersen M (2020). Testosterone replacement therapy of opioid induced male hypogonadism improved body composition but not pain perception. A double-blinded, randomized and placebo-controlled trial. In Eur J Endocrinol 182(6):539-548.

Gajsar H, Titze C, Koniertzny K, Meyer M, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Hasenbring M (2020). Cognitive inhibition correlates with widespread exercise-induced hypoalgesia after aerobic bicycling in pain-free participants. In J Pain Research 13:847-858.

Palsson T, Gibson W, Darlow B, Bunzli S, Lehman G, Rabey M, Moloney N, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Bagg M, Travers MJ (2020). Author Response to Cibulka. In Phys Ther; pzaa047.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Fehrman E, Gajsar H, Kreddig N (2020). Endogenous modulation of pain: the role of exercise, stress and cognitions in humans. In Clin J Pain 36(3):150-161.

McPhee ME, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Graven-Nielsen T (2020). Alterations in pronociceptive and antinociceptive mechanisms in patients with low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis. In PAIN 161(3):464-475.

Hansen S, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Petersen KK (2020). Pre-treatment exercise-induced hypoalgesia is associated with change in pain and function after standardized exercise therapy in painful knee osteoarthritis. In Clin J Pain 36:16-24.

Rasmussen S, Jensen CT, Rosendal M, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Søndergaard J, Jarbøl D (2020). Multiple physical symptoms and individual characteristics - A cross-sectional study of the general population. In J Psychosom Res 131:109941.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Ussing K, Johansen JV, Stegemejer I, Palsson TS, O’Sullivan P, Kent P (2020). Improvements in Clinical Pain Characteristics and Experimental Pain Sensitivity After Cognitive Functional Therapy in Patients with Severe Persistent Low Back Pain. In PAIN Reports 5(1):e802.

Palsson T, Darlow B, Bunzli S, Lehman G, Rabey M, Moloney N, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Bagg M, Gibson W, Travers MJ (2019). Changing the Narrative in Diagnosis and Management of Pain in the Sacroiliac Joint Area. In Phys Ther 99(11):1511-1519.

Gomolka S, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Nijs J, Meeus M, Gajsar H, Hasenbring M, Titze C (2019). Assessing Endogenous Pain Inhibition: Test-Retest Reliability of Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Local and Remote Body Parts after Aerobic Cycling. In Pain Med 20(11):2272-2282.

Trojel-Hviid JC, Thorlund JB, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2019). Walking Increases Pain Tolerance in Humans: An Experimental Cross-over Study. In Scand J Pain 19(4):813-822.

Alsouhibani A, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Hoeger Bement M (2019). Systemic exercise-induced hypoalgesia following isometric exercise reduces conditioned pain modulation. In Pain Med 20:180-190.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Bjerregaard LK, Rasmussen SH, Redin M, Graven-Nielsen T (2019). Hypoalgesia after bicycling at lactate threshold is reliable between sessions. In Eur J Appl Physiol 119(1):91-102.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Lyng KD, Yttereng FW, Christensen MH, Sørensen MB, Graven-Nielsen T (2019). Exercise-induced hypoalgesia after isometric wall squat exercise - a test-retest reliability study. In Pain Med 20:129-137.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Støten M, Silseth SL, Erlangsen A, Handberg G, Søndergård S, Stenager E (2019). Cause-Specific Mortality of Patients with Severe Chronic Pain: A Cohort Register-Linkage Study. In Scand J Pain 19:93-99.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Dørge DB, Schmidt KS, Jensen AH, Graven-Nielsen T (2018). Test-retest reliability of exercise-induced hypoalgesia after aerobic exercise. In Pain Med 19:2212-2222.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Petersen KK, Mørch CD, Imai Y, Arendt-Nielsen L (2018). Assessment of CPM reliability: Quantification of the within-subject reliability of 10 different protocols. In Scand J Pain 18:729-737.

Ravn SL, Vang ML, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Andersen TE (2018). Pain-related Acceptance as a mediator in a Fear-Avoidance Model of Chronic Pain. In Pain Med 19:1764-1771.

Andersen TE, Hansen M, Ravn SL, Seehus R, Nielsen M, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2018). Validation of the PTSD-8 scale in chronic pain patients. In Pain Med 19:1365-1372.

Plesner K, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2018). Symptoms of fibromyalgia according to the 2016 revised fibromyalgia criteria in chronic pain patients referred to multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation: influence on clinical and experimental pain sensitivity. In J Pain 2018;19:777-786.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Madsen AB, Handberg G, Graven-Nielsen T (2018). Kinesiophobia is associated with pain intensity but not pain sensitivity before and after exercise: an explorative analysis. In Physiotherapy 104:187-193.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Andersen TE, Harvold M, Andersen PG, Graven-Nielsen T (2018). Increased pain sensitivity in accident-related chronic pain patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress. In Clin J Pain 34:313-321.

Gajsar H, Titze C, Nahrwold K, Hasenbring M, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2018). Exercise does not produce hypoalgesia when performed immediately after a painful stimulus. In Scand J Pain 18:311-320.

Ravn SL, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Cardel T, Andersen TE (2018). The role of posttraumatic stress symptoms on chronic pain outcomes in chronic pain patients referred to rehabilitation. In J Pain Res 11:527-536.

Søndergård S, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Erlangsen A, Stenager E (2018). Ten-year Prevalence of Different Mental Disorders in Patients with Chronic Pain from an Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic – a Register Linkage Cohort Study. In Eur J Pain 22:346-354.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Kent P (2018). Brief psychological screening questions are useful for ruling out psychological conditions in patients with chronic pain. In Clin J Pain 34:113-121.

Harvold M, MacLeod C, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2018). Attentional avoidance is associated with increased pain sensitivity in patients with chronic posttraumatic pain and comorbid posttraumatic stress. In Clin J Pain 34:22-29.

Hansen M, Hyland P, Karstoft K, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Bramsen RH, Nielsen ABS, Armour C, Andersen SB, Høybye MT, Larsen SK, Andersen TE (2017). Does size really matter? A multisite study assessing the latent structure of the proposed ICD-11 and the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD. In Eur J Psychotraumatol 13:1398002.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Palsson TS, Graven-Nielsen T (2017). Facilitated Pro-Nociceptive Pain Mechanisms in Radiating Back Pain Compared with Localized Back Pain. In J Pain 18:973-983.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Emmeluth C, Graven-Nielsen T (2017). Preoperative Hypoalgesia after cold pressor test and aerobic exercise is associated with pain relief six months after total knee replacement. In Clin J Pain 33(6):475-484.

Gajsar H, Hasenbring M, Titze C, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2017). Isometric back exercise has different effect on pressure pain thresholds in healthy men and women. In Pain Med 18(5):917-923.

Plesner KB, Blichfeldt-Eckhardt MR, Bendix L, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2017). Ikke Kirurgisk behandling af lumbal spinalstenose. In Ugeskrift for Laeger 179(1):86-87.

Petersen KK, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Arendt-Nielsen L (2017). An updated view on the reliability of different protocols for the assessment of conditioned pain modulation. In PAIN 158:988.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2017). Exercising non-painful muscles can induce hypoalgesia in individuals with chronic pain. In Scand J Pain 15:60-61.

Sangesland A, Støren C, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2017). Are preoperative experimental pain assessments correlated with clinical pain outcomes after surgery? A systematic review. In Scand J Pain 15:44-52.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Hoeger Bement M, Madsen AB, Fridriksson J, Dasa M, Graven-Nielsen T (2017). Exercise increases pressure pain tolerance but not pressure and heat pain thresholds in healthy young men. In Eur J Pain 21:73-81.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Graven-Nielsen T (2016). Pain modulatory phenotypes differentiate subgroups with different clinical and experimental pain sensitivity. In PAIN 157:1480-1488.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Graven-Nielsen T (2016). Hypoalgesia after exercise and cold pressor test are reduced in chronic musculoskeletal pain patients with high pain sensitivity. In Clin J Pain 32(1):58-69.

Andersen TE, Henrik Bjarke Vægter (2016). A 13-weeks Mindfulness Based Pain Management Program Improves Psychological Distress in Patients with Chronic Pain Compared with Waiting List Controls. In Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health 12:49-58.

Ennis ZN, Dideriksen D, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Pottegård A (2016). Acetaminophen for Chronic Pain: A systematic Review on Efficacy. In Basic Clin Pharmocal Toxicol 118(3):184-189.

Valentin GH, Pilegaard MS, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Rosendal M, Ørtenblad L, Væggemose U (2016). Prognostic factors for disability and sick leave in patients with subacute non-malignant pain: a systematic review of cohort studies. In BMJ Open 6(1):e007616.

Graven-Nielsen T, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Finocchietti S, Handberg G, Arendt-Nielsen L (2015). Assessment of musculoskeletal pain sensitivity and temporal summation by cuff pressure algometry: a reliability study. In PAIN 156(11):2193-2202.

Plesner KB, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G (2015). Low dose naltroxen for treatment of pain. In Ugeskr Laeger 2015;177(43):V03150248.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Graven-Nielsen T (2015). Isometric exercises reduce temporal summation of pressure pain in humans. In Eur J Pain 19(7):973-83.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Jørgensen MN, Kinly A, Graven-Nielsen T (2015). Aerobic exercise and cold pressor test induce hypoalgesia in active and inactive men and women. In Pain Med 16:923-933.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Handberg G, Graven-Nielsen T (2014). Similarities between exercise-induced hypoalgesia and conditioned pain modulation in humans. In PAIN 155:158-167.

Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Andersen PG, Madsen MF, Handberg G, Enggaard TP (2014). Prevalence of Neuropathic Pain According to the IASP Grading System in Patients with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain. In Pain Med 15(1):120-127.

Gulbrandsen P, Henrik Bjarke Vægter, Benth JS, Laerum E (2010). Health care providers communicate less well with patients with chronic low back pain – a study of encounters at a back pain clinic in Denmark. In PAIN 150:458-61.