Graded Motor Imagery for Chronic PainView more documents from BodyIn Mind. Abstract Background: Phantom limb and complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) are characterized by changes in cortical processing and organization, perceptual disturbances, and poor response to conventional treatments. Graded motor imagery is effective for a small … [Read more...]
Rubber hand illusion makes your real hand go colder
September 14, 2009 By 5 Comments
Making people think that the rubber hand in front of them is theirs makes their real hand colder. We used the rubber hand illusion to do this. It means we can trick our brains into believing something that's not real with implications for those people who suffer from complex regional pain syndrome who have a distorted sense of their limb. Here's … [Read more...]
Questioning the ideal sitting posture
September 3, 2009 By 6 Comments
By Dr Andrew Claus (the handsome fellow in the stripy shirt) Sitting cops a lot of bad press, but the science to compare postures is pretty weak. One of our studies undertaken at the University of Queensland examined whether people could copy four sitting postures. Most people couldn’t sit with a curve-in at the low back (like standing, as … [Read more...]
Dysynchiria is not a common feature of neuropathic pain
August 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Heidrun H. Krämer(a), Susann Seddigh(b), G. Lorimer Moseley(c), Frank Birklein(a) (a) Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany (b) Department of Neurology, DRK Schmerz-Zentrum Mainz, Auf der Steig 16, 55131 Mainz, Germany (c) Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics & fMRIB Centre, … [Read more...]
Sensory–motor incongruence and reports of ‘pain’
August 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Candy McCabe and her colleagues at Bath, published an interesting paper where they induced incongruence between what one's arm was doing and what it looked like it was doing. They did this to test a theory that chronic pathological pain syndromes are caused, at least in part, by such an incongruence, which itself stems from cortical reorganisation … [Read more...]
Role of distorted body image in pain
August 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
Lotze M, Moseley GL. Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Pain Imaging Neuroscience Group, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK Abstract Body image is the way a person's body feels to them. Growing evidence shows that body image can be distorted in people with pain, particularly chronic … [Read more...]
Faulty proprioceptive information disrupts motor imagery – an experimental study
August 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you are interested in this idea of distorted body image and pain etc, then check out more articles below Role of distorted body image in pain (Lotze, M & Moseley, GL) Sensory-motor incongruence and reports of 'pain' (Rheumatology editorials and commentary) Making sense of ‘S1 mania’ Are things really that simple? (Moseley, … [Read more...]
Imagined movements cause pain and swelling in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome
August 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
G. Lorimer Moseley University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) is characterized by pain, swelling, and sudomotor and motor dysfunction. The affected limb is exquisitely sensitive, and gentle movements can exacerbate symptoms. Local or spinal … [Read more...]
Reduced sensation matches reduced movement control in people with back pain
This study looked at sensory acuity at the back and the ability to perform specific movements of the back and pelvis. By sensory acuity we mean how precise can we be about a stimulus applied to the skin of the back. We used a measure called two point discrimination threshold. That is, if one is touched in two locations at once, how far apart do … [Read more...]