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Project

The chronic pain brain: structural white and gray matter correlates of impaired muscle control and deficient pain processing
Code
3E025215
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • Cognitive science and intelligent systems
    • Developmental psychology and ageing
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical imaging and therapy
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Medical imaging and therapy
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Human movement and sports sciences
    • Rehabilitation sciences
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Medical imaging and therapy
    • Neurosciences
    • Orthopaedics
Keywords
motor control diffusion tensor imaging pain proccesing central nervous system low back pain
 
Project description

The present research project we will use objective and sophisticated measures of pain processing, muscle control and brain structure to examine whether structural brain alterations are associated with impaired muscle control and dysfunctional pain processing, and are related to the recurrence and/or persistence of pain in musculoskeletal discorders such as low back pain and fibromyalgia.