Project

The chronic pain brain: structural white and gray matter correlates of impaired muscle control and deficient pain processing

Code
3E025215
Looptijd
01-10-2015 → 30-09-2021
Financiering
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • 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
Trefwoorden
motorische controle pijn processen centraal zenuwstelsel lage rugpijn diffusion tensor imaging
 
Projectomschrijving

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.