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Can they touch? A novel mental motor imagery task for the assessment of back pain.
Authors
Coslett HB, Medina J, Goodman DK, Wang Y, Burkey AAbstract
As motor imagery is informed by the anticipated sensory consequences of action, including pain, we reasoned that motor imagery could provide a useful indicator of chronic back pain. We tested the hypothesis that mental motor imagery regarding body movements can provide a reliable assessment of low back pain.