What role do biases in the interpretation of ambiguous somatosensory stimuli in patients with chronic pain play in the maintenance of chronic pain?

对慢性疼痛患者模糊体感刺激的解释偏差在慢性疼痛的维持中发挥什么作用？

• 批准号: 1947455
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1947455
• 关键词: What; role; do; biases; interpretation

The planned research will investigate the role biased interpretation of ambiguous somatosensory stimuli has in the maintenance of chronic pain in patients with CP, and whether their modification offers pain relief. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) techniques will be used to assess whether innocuous somatosensory stimuli of differing intensities (e.g., heat, pressure, vibration, electrical sensations) are perceived as unpleasant or painful in those with CP relative to pain-free controls, and also whether the thresholds at which these perceptions occur also differ. The PRL has dedicated space in the Department of Psychology and state-of the art QST equipment.

计划中的研究将调查模糊的躯体感觉刺激在CP患者慢性疼痛维持中的作用，以及它们的修改是否提供疼痛缓解。定量感觉测试（QST）技术将用于评估不同强度的无害体感刺激（例如，热、压力、振动、电感觉）在CP患者中相对于无痛对照被感知为不愉快或疼痛，以及这些感知发生的阈值是否也不同。PRL在心理学系和最先进的QST设备中有专门的空间。