Code
01CD13723
Duration
01 November 2023 → 15 August 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Rehabilitation sciences
Keywords
experimental pain
nociceptive pain
Lumbar discectomy
central sensitization
conditioned pain modulation
quantitative sensory testing
nociceptive flexion reflex
neuropathic pain
Project description
Up to 41% of lumbar discectomy (i.e. surgically removing a hernia) patients report post-operative persistent pain complaints. To improve care, this study examines whether residual complaints persisting following lumbar discectomy can be accounted for by underlying dysfunctional pain processing and whether a clinical classification algorithm can be used to identify the predominant pain mechanism in these patients.