Objective Although pain-related fear and catastrophizing are predictors of disability in low
back pain (LBP), their relationship with guarded motor behavior is unclear. The aim of this …

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 …

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 …

Background Antinociceptive effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the
primary motor cortex (M1) have been extensively studied in the past years. However, M1 …

Introduction Widespread pain may be related to psychosocial aspects in several
musculoskeletal conditions, but the literature on carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is scarce …

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 …

Objectives Several studies suggest that acute pain decreases corticomotor excitability.
However, the variability between individuals remains important and unexplained. The aim of …

Background Increasing evidence suggests that pain drives maladaptive corticomotor
changes that may increase susceptibility to injury and promote symptom recurrence …