Graded motor imagery and the impact on pain processing in a case of CRPS

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-279

  Walz, Andrea D ^a   Usichenko, Taras ^b   Moseley, G Lorimer ^c,d   Lotze, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

body matrix; complex regional pain syndrome; fMRI; neuropathic pain; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MOVEMENT; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY; HABITUATION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOVEMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 84873405478     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318250f4e8     Document Type: Article

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