The role of attention re-training in pain tolerance

在西方国家，慢性疼痛是最使人衰弱和最昂贵的慢性健康问题之一。当一个人受伤并害怕他们所经历的疼痛时，慢性疼痛就会出现。这导致他们对疼痛变得高度警惕，避免活动，导致残疾日益增加的恶性循环。这项研究有两个相关的目的。首先，我们的目标是测试这个模型，看看是否像预测的那样，过度警惕会影响对疼痛的反应。其次，我们将开发和测试一种干预措施，以减少健康人群和急性受伤人群对疼痛的过度警觉。如果干预成功，它将有可能预防慢性疼痛的发展或减轻其严重程度。

Chronic pain is one of the most debilitating and expensive chronic health problems in westernized countries. Chronic pain develops when an individual is injured and is fearful of the pain that they experience. This causes them to become hypervigilant to pain, avoid activity and results in a vicious cycle of increasing disability. This research has two, related aims. First, we aim to test this model to see whether hypervigilance influences response to pain, as predicted. Second, we will develop and test an intervention to reduce hypervigilance to pain in healthy people and those with acute injuries. If the intervention is successful, it will have the potential to prevent the development of chronic pain or reduce its severity.