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Nicole Andrews

Associate Professor, University of Houston
Verified email at central.uh.edu
Cited by 593

The development of spatial skills through interventions involving block building activities

BM Casey, N Andrews, H Schindler… - Cognition and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the use of block-building interventions to develop spatial-reasoning
skills in kindergartners. Two intervention conditions and a control condition were included to …

Activity pacing, avoidance, endurance, and associations with patient functioning in chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NE Andrews, J Strong, PJ Meredith - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Andrews NE, Strong J, Meredith PJ. Activity pacing, avoidance, endurance, and associations
with patient functioning in chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE…

Longitudinal evaluation of neurocognitive function after treatment for central nervous system germ cell tumors in childhood

…, L Janzen, S Guger, N Laperriere, N Andrews… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Central nervous system germ cell tumors (CNS GCT) are typically localized
to midline structures of the brain, including the pineal and suprasellar/pituitary regions. …

Evaluation framework for conversational agents with artificial intelligence in health interventions: a systematic scoping review

…, J Simmich, A Vaezipour, N Andrews… - Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Conversational agents (CAs) with emerging artificial intelligence present new
opportunities to assist in health interventions but are difficult to evaluate, deterring their …

[HTML][HTML] Low-grade serous ovarian cancer: expert consensus report on the state of the science

RN Grisham, BM Slomovitz, N Andrews… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared with high-grade serous carcinoma, low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or
peritoneum is a less frequent epithelial ovarian cancer type that is poorly sensitive to …

“It's very hard to change yourself”: an exploration of overactivity in people with chronic pain using interpretative phenomenological analysis

NE Andrews, J Strong, PJ Meredith, K Gordon… - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Overactivity (activity engagement that significantly exacerbates pain) is a common term in
the chronic pain literature. Overactivity is accepted clinically as a behaviour that adversely …

Adult attachment and reports of pain in experimentally-induced pain

NE Andrews, PJ Meredith, J Strong - European Journal of Pain, 2011 - Elsevier
Attachment theory has been proposed as a framework for understanding the development of
chronic pain, with evidence supporting the overrepresentation of insecure attachment styles …

Adult attachment and approaches to activity engagement in chronic pain

NE Andrews, PJ Meredith, J Strong… - Pain Research and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: The way in which individuals with chronic pain habitually approach activity
engagement has been shown to impact daily functioning, with both avoidance of one’s daily …

Overactivity in chronic pain, the role of pain-related endurance and neuromuscular activity: An interdisciplinary, narrative review

MI Hasenbring, NE Andrews… - The Clinical journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Decades of research have convincingly shown that fear of pain and pain-related
avoidance behavior are important precursors of disability in daily life. Reduced activity as a …

Overactivity in chronic pain: is it a valid construct?

NE Andrews, J Strong, PJ Meredith - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Overactivity is a frequently used term in chronic pain literature. It refers to the phenomenon
whereby individuals engage in activity in a way that significantly exacerbates pain, resulting …