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Papers: 9 Nov 2019 - 15 Nov 2019


2019 06


Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol


33


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Neuroimaging the pain network – Implications for treatment.

Authors

Diers M
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2019 06; 33(3):101418.
PMID: 31703795.

Abstract

In this chapter, we provide an overview of neuroimaging studies in chronic pain. We start with an introduction about the phenomenology of pain. In the following section, the application of functional and structural imaging techniques is shown in selected chronic pain syndromes (chronic back pain, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), phantom limb pain, and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)), and commonalities and peculiarities of imaging correlates across different types of chronic pain are discussed. We conclude this chapter with implications for treatments, with focus on behavioral interventions, sensory and motor trainings, and mirror and motor imagery trainings.