INTEGRATION OF NEUROIMAGING AND BIOMECHANICS OF LOW BACK PAIN

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其它NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 下背痛每年折磨着超过4500万美国人，每年的医疗保健费用超过800亿美元。尽管需要更敏感和改进的临床治疗，但目前尚不存在下背部运动学、功能和疼痛表达之间的客观联系。该提案旨在启动一项研究计划，以确定与下背部临床表现和生物力学相关的大脑疼痛模式。总而言之，这一努力旨在通过了解腰痛的病因来改善对腰痛患者的临床评估和管理。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Low back pain afflicts over 45 million Americans each year with health care costs exceeding $80 billion annually. Objective links between low back kinematics, function, and pain expression do not currently exist in spite of the need for more sensitive and improved clinical management. This proposal aims to initiate a program of research to identify pain patterns in the brain associated with low back clinical presentation and biomechanics. Altogether, this effort aspires to improve clinical assessment and management of those suffering from low back pain by understanding the etiology of that pain.