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Welcome to the webpage of the Marburg Pain Team!

Pain Team: Karoline Körfer, Tabea Kloos, Jenny Riecke, Hauke Hein

Our research motivation is to improve the treatment for people who suffer from chronic (back) pain. The development and evaluation of effective and helpful therapeutic interventions are particularly important to us. In this context, we are interested in effective therapy processes as well as the lasting effects of psychological interventions. In addition to practically-oriented clinical research, we use experimental studies to investigate psychological factors that influence the chronification of pain. Based on the Fear-Avoidance Model we conduct research on pain-related avoidance behavior, learning mechanisms, pain-related expectations and fears.

Research 

• Effective – but stable? Longterm effects of cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure in vivo for chronic low back pain patients

Team 

• Dr. Jenny Riecke 
• Karoline Körfer
• Tabea Kloos
• Hauke Hein

Collaborations and Membership

• University of Koblenz-Landau, Pain-Psychotherapy-Research-Lab, Prof. Dr. Julia Glombiewski
• University of Maastricht (Netherlands), Department of Experimental Health Psychology, Prof. Dr. Johan Vlaeyen, Dr. Ann Meulders
• KU Leuven, University of Leuven (Belgium), Department of Health Psychology, Prof. Dr. Johan Vlaeyen
• Diakonia Hospital Marburg Wehrda – Multimodal pain therapy / Multimodale Schmerztherapie (MMS), Dr. Winfried Hofmann, Dipl.-Psych. Sebastian Henze
• Integrated back pain care / Integrierte Versorgung Rückenschmerz („IVR“) and Integrated care second opinion / Integrierte Versorgung Zweitmeinung („IVZ“), outpatient multidisciplinary programs, Dr. Winfried Hofmann, Marburg Wehrda
• UKGM Marburg, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PD Dr. Thomas Wiesmann, Dr. Christian Volberg