Immersive virtual reality and virtual embodiment for pain relief

M Matamala-Gomez, T Donegan, S Bottiroli… - Frontiers in human …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A significant body of experimental evidence has demonstrated that it is possible to induce
the illusion of ownership of a fake limb or even an entire fake body using multisensory …

Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and their clinical implications

SP Cohen, J Mao - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Neuropathic pain can develop after nerve injury, when deleterious changes occur in injured
neurons and along nociceptive and descending modulatory pathways in the central nervous …

Proprioception in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Part 1: Basic science and principles of assessment and clinical interventions

U Röijezon, NC Clark, J Treleaven - Manual therapy, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Impaired proprioception has been reported as a feature in a number of
musculoskeletal disorders of various body parts, from the cervical spine to the ankle …

Psychological processing in chronic pain: a neural systems approach

LE Simons, I Elman, D Borsook - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Our understanding of chronic pain involves complex brain circuits that include sensory,
emotional, cognitive and interoceptive processing. The feed-forward interactions between …

Structural and functional brain abnormalities in chronic low back pain: a systematic review☆

J Kregel, M Meeus, A Malfliet, M Dolphens… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this systematic review is to analyze the available literature on
structural and functional brain abnormalities in chronic low back pain (CLBP) using several …

Do people with chronic pain have impaired executive function? A meta-analytical review

C Berryman, TR Stanton, KJ Bowering, A Tabor… - Clinical psychology …, 2014 - Elsevier
A widely held belief within the clinical community is that chronic pain is associated with
cognitive impairment, despite the absence of a definitive systematic review or meta-analysis …

Evidence for working memory deficits in chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Berryman, TR Stanton, KJ Bowering, A Tabor… - Pain®, 2013 - Elsevier
People with chronic pain commonly report impaired cognitive function. However, to date,
there has been no systematic evaluation of the body of literature concerning cognitive …

Phantom pain is associated with preserved structure and function in the former hand area

TR Makin, J Scholz, N Filippini… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Phantom pain after arm amputation is widely believed to arise from maladaptive cortical
reorganization, triggered by loss of sensory input. We instead propose that chronic phantom …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KJ Bowering, NE O'Connell, A Tabor, MJ Catley… - The journal of Pain, 2013 - Elsevier
Graded motor imagery (GMI) is becoming increasingly used in the treatment of chronic pain
conditions. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize all evidence …

Pharmacologic interventions for treating phantom limb pain

MJM Alviar, T Hale… - Cochrane database of …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue
12, 2011. Phantom limb pain (PLP) is pain that arises in the missing limb after amputation …