Brain structural and psychometric alterations in chronic low back pain

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1958-1964

  Ivo, Roland ^a,b   Nicklas, Anne ^a   Dargel, Jens ^a   Sobottke, Rolf ^a,c   Delank, Karl Stefan ^a,d   Eysel, Peer ^a   Weber, Bernd ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin   (Germany)

^c Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; MRI; Thalamus; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84885315591     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2692-x     Document Type: Article

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