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Peripheral back muscle dysfunctions and central pain mechanisms: An innovative perspective on differences between recurrent and chronic pain

In a case-control design, healthy volunteers are compared with patients with recurrent low back pain (during and after a pain flare), chronic low back pain, and fibromyalgia regarding peripheral muscle dysfunctions (CSA, fatty infiltration, fiber composition and muscle recruitment) and central mechanisms (temporal summation, pain inhibition, O&NS induced peripheral and central sensitization and cognitive emotional sensitization). This allows us to study interactions between peripheral and central mechanisms and their role in chroncity.

Date:1 Jan 2012 →  15 Oct 2017
Keywords:back muscles, muscle dysfunction, chronic pain, central sensitization
Disciplines:Biological and physiological psychology, Cognitive science and intelligent systems, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Nursing, Surgery, Developmental psychology and ageing