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Dr. SpoWiss Claudia Levenig

Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology

Address: Universitätsstraße 105, 44789 Bochum
Room: 1/28
Phone: +49 234 32 24994
E-Mail: claudia.levenig@rub.de
ORCID-ID: 0000-0003-4190-3321

CURRICULUM VITAE
Methods and Research interests
  • Research on (chronic) low back pain
  • Treatment expertations
  • Body image
Selected publications

Levenig CG, Hasenbring MI, Günnewig L, Titze C, Elsenbruch S, Schulte TL (2024). Treatment Expectations-You Get What You Expect-and Depression Plays a Role. J Pain; May 29:104582. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104582.

Matheve T, De Baets L, Moog ME, Hasenbring MI, Levenig C (2023). Graded-Modelle – eine Einführung. Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie. 27:73-82. doi: 10.1055/a-2013-4773.

De Baets L, Matheve T, Moog ME, Hasenbring MI, Levenig C (2023). Graded-Modelle in der Praxis. Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie. 27:83-91. doi: 10.1055/a-2013-4758.

Schäfer R, Niederer D, Levenig C, Hasenbring M, Tas T, Fett D, Trompeter K, Haag T, Schneider C, Floessel P, Beck H, Schiltenwolf M, Wippert P-M, Engel T, Mayer F, Platen P (2022).  Effectiveness and mechanisms of a multimodal treatment for low back pain: a pragmatic matched cohort study. MedRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2022.09.28.22280380.

Levenig CG, Kellmann M, Kleinert J, Belz J, Hesselmann T, Heidari J, Hasenbring MI (2020). Body image in athletes and nonathletes with low back pain: Avoidance-Endurance-related subgroups and sports status play a role. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 25:1-8. doi.org/10.1123/jsr.2019-0245.

Maurer A, Deckert S, Levenig C, Schörkmaier T, Stangier C, Attenberger U, Hasenbring M, Boecker H (2020). Body image relates to exercise-induced antinociception and mood changes in young adults: a randomized longitudinal exercise intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17:6801. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186801.

Levenig CG, Kellmann M, Kleinert J, Belz J, Hesselmann T, Hasenbring MI (2019). Body image is more negative in patients with chronic low back pain than in patients with subacute low back pain and healthy controls. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 19:147-156. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0104.

Belz J, Heidari J, Levenig C, Hasenbring M, Kellmann M, Kleinert J (2018). Stress and risk for depression in competitive athletes suffering from back pain – do age and gender matter? European Journal of Sport Science. 18:1029-1037. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1468482.

Hasenbring MI, Levenig C, Hallner D, Puschmann AK, Weiffen A, Kleinert J, … Wippert PM (2018). Psychosoziale Risikofaktoren für chronischen Rückenschmerz in der Allgemeingesellschaft und im Leistungssport. Von der Modellbildung zum klinischen Screening – ein Review aus dem MiSpEx-Netzwerk. Schmerz. 32:259-273. doi.org/10.1007/s00482-018-0307-5.

Levenig CG, Hasenbring MI, Kleinert J (2016). Körperbild und Rückenschmerz. Schmerz. 30:437-443. doi: 10.1007/s00482-016-0122-9.

Levenig CG, Hasenbring MI, Günnewig L, Titze C, Elsenbruch S, Schulte TL (2024). Treatment expectations – you get what you expect – and depression plays a role. J Pain, aop. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2024.104582.