Pain alters motor function. This is supported by studies showing reduced corticomotor
excitability in response to experimental pain lasting< 90 minutes. Whether similar reductions …

Abstract Background and Objective Numerous studies have examined the influence of pain
on spinal reflex excitability, motor unit behaviour and corticospinal excitability. Nevertheless …

Musculoskeletal pain is an extensive societal challenge, due to the large population
affected, an increased expected life span, and the lack of efficient prevention and treatment …

Heightened pain sensitivity, the amount of pain experienced in response to a noxious event,
is a known risk factor for development of chronic pain. We have previously reported that pain …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been used to examine inhibitory and
facilitatory circuits during experimental pain and in chronic pain populations. However …

Fear of movement has been related to changes in motor function in patients with low back
pain, but little is known about how kinesiophobia affects selective motor control during gait …

Aberrant motor cortex plasticity is hypothesized to contribute to chronic musculoskeletal
pain, but evidence is limited. Critically, studies have not considered individual differences in …

Introduction Accumulating evidence suggests that motor skill training is associated with
structural and functional reorganization of the primary motor cortex. However, previous …

Objective Although acute pain has been shown to reduce corticomotor excitability, it remains
unknown whether this response resolves over time or is related to symptom severity …

Background Many pain biomarkers fail to move from discovery to clinical application,
attributed to poor reliability and an inability to accurately classify at-risk individuals …