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Augière T, Metral M, Simoneau M, Mercier C. Preserved tactile distance estimation despite body representation distortions in individuals with fibromyalgia. FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH 2024; 5:1414927. [PMID: 39119526 PMCID: PMC11306202 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1414927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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Our mental representation of our body depends on integrating various sensory modalities, such as tactile information. In tactile distance estimation (TDE) tasks, participants must estimate the distance between two tactile tips applied to their skin. This measure of tactile perception has been linked to body representation assessments. Studies in individuals with fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic widespread pain syndrome, suggest the presence of body representation distortions and tactile alterations, but TDE has never been examined in this population. Twenty participants with FM and 24 pain-free controls performed a TDE task on three Body regions (upper limb, trunk, lower limb), in which they manually estimated the interstimuli distance on a tablet. TDE error, the absolute difference between the estimation and the interstimuli distance, was not different between the Groups, on any Body region. Drawings of their body as they felt it revealed clear and frequent distortions of body representation in the group with FM, compared to negligible perturbations in controls. This contrast between distorted body drawings and unaltered TDE suggests a preserved integration of tactile information but an altered integration of this information with other sensory modalities to generate a precise and accurate body representation. Future research should investigate the relative contribution of each sensory information and prior knowledge about the body in body representation in individuals with FM to shed light on the observed distortions.
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- Tania Augière
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Quebec, QC, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LIP/PC2S, Grenoble, France
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Quebec, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Quebec, QC, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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Taxer B, de Castro-Carletti EM, von Piekartz H, Leis S, Christova M, Armijo-Olivo S. Facial recognition, laterality judgement, alexithymia and resulting central nervous system adaptations in chronic primary headache and facial pain-A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Oral Rehabil 2024. [PMID: 38803203 DOI: 10.1111/joor.13742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with chronic headaches and chronic oro-facial pain commonly present psychosocial issues that can affect social interactions. A possible reason could be that patients with these disorders might present impairments in facial recognition, laterality judgement and also alexithymia. However, a systematic review summarizing the effects of facial emotion recognition, laterality judgement and alexithymia in individuals with headaches and oro-facial pain is still not available. AIM The main objective of this systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) was to compile and synthesize the evidence on the occurrence of alexithymia, deficits in laterality or left-right (LR) recognition and/or facial emotion recognition (FER) in patients with chronic headache and facial pain. METHODS Electronic searches were conducted in five databases (up to September 2023) and a manual search to identify relevant studies. The outcomes of interest were alexithymia scores, speed and accuracy in LR and/or FER, or any other quantitative data assessing body image distortions. The screening process, data extraction, risk of bias and data analysis were performed by two independent assessors following standards for systematic reviews. RESULTS From 1395 manuscripts found, only 34 studies met the criteria. The overall quality/certainty of the evidence was very low. Although the results should be interpreted carefully, individuals with chronic headaches showed significantly higher levels of alexithymia when compared to healthy individuals. No conclusive results were found for the other variables of interest. CONCLUSION Although the overall evidence from this review is very low, people with chronic primary headaches and oro-facial pain could be regularly screened for alexithymia to guarantee appropriate management.
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- Bernhard Taxer
- FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Augière T, Simoneau M, Mercier C. Visuotactile integration in individuals with fibromyalgia. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1390609. [PMID: 38826615 PMCID: PMC11140151 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1390609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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Our brain constantly integrates afferent information, such as visual and tactile information, to perceive the world around us. According to the maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) model, imprecise information will be weighted less than precise, making the multisensory percept as precise as possible. Individuals with fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain syndrome, show alterations in the integration of tactile information. This could lead to a decrease in their weight in a multisensory percept or a general disruption of multisensory integration, making it less beneficial. To assess multisensory integration, 15 participants with FM and 18 pain-free controls performed a temporal-order judgment task in which they received pairs of sequential visual, tactile (unisensory conditions), or visuotactile (multisensory condition) stimulations on the index and the thumb of the non-dominant hand and had to determine which finger was stimulated first. The task enabled us to measure the precision and accuracy of the percept in each condition. Results indicate an increase in precision in the visuotactile condition compared to the unimodal conditions in controls only, although we found no intergroup differences. The observed visuotactile precision was correlated to the precision predicted by the MLE model in both groups, suggesting an optimal integration. Finally, the weights of the sensory information were not different between the groups; however, in the group with FM, higher pain intensity was associated with smaller tactile weight. This study shows no alterations of the visuotactile integration in individuals with FM, though pain may influence tactile weight in these participants.
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- Tania Augière
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, QC, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, QC, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
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Harvie DS. Could Vulnerability to Motion Sickness and Chronic Pain Coexist within a Sensorimotor Phenotype? Insights from over 500 Pre-Pain Motion Sickness Reports. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1063. [PMID: 37508995 PMCID: PMC10376981 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13071063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The sensorimotor incongruence theory proposes that certain instances of pain result from conflicts in the brain's sensorimotor networks. Indeed, injuries may cause abnormalities in afferent and cortical signaling resulting in such conflicts. Motion sickness also occurs in instances of incongruent sensorimotor data. It is possible that a sensory processing phenotype exists that predisposes people to both conditions. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate whether participants with chronic pain recall greater susceptibility to motion sickness before chronic pain onset. METHOD Data were collected via an online LimeSurvey. A self-report tendency toward motion sickness was measured using the Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire. Group differences were analysed using analysis of covariance methods. RESULTS 530 patients (low back pain, n = 198; neck pain, n = 59; whiplash-associated disorder, n = 72; fibromyalgia syndrome, n = 114; Migraine, n = 41) and 165 pain-free controls were surveyed. ANCOVA analysis, using sex and anxiety as covariates, suggested that childhood motion sickness susceptibility scores differed by group (F = 2.55 (6, 615), p = 0.019, (ηp2) = 0.024). Planned comparisons, with corrected p-values, suggested that childhood motion sickness was not statistically greater for low back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, neck pain or whiplash-associated disorder (ps > 0.05), although scores were on average 27%, 42%, 47%, 48% and 58% higher, respectively. Childhood susceptibility was statistically higher in people with FMS (p = 0.018), with scores on average 83% higher than controls. ANCOVA analysis, using sex and anxiety as covariates, suggested that adult motion sickness susceptibility scores did not differ by group (F = 1.86 (6, 613), p = 0.086), although average scores were, on average, at least 33% higher in persistent pain groups. CONCLUSIONS According to retrospective reporting, greater susceptibility to motion sickness appears to pre-date persistent pain in some conditions. This supports the possibility that motion sickness and chronic pain may, in some cases, have overlapping mechanisms related to the handling of incongruent sensorimotor data.
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- Daniel Simon Harvie
- IIMPACT in Health, Allied Health and Human Performance Unit, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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Guerra-Armas J, Flores-Cortes M, Pineda-Galan C, Luque-Suarez A, La Touche R. Role of Immersive Virtual Reality in Motor Behaviour Decision-Making in Chronic Pain Patients. Brain Sci 2023; 13:617. [PMID: 37190582 PMCID: PMC10136729 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13040617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Primary chronic pain is a major contributor to disability worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of 20-33% of the world's population. The high socio-economic impact of musculoskeletal pain justifies seeking an appropriate therapeutic strategy. Immersive virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a first-line intervention for chronic musculoskeletal pain. However, the growing literature has not been accompanied by substantial progress in understanding how VR exerts its impact on the pain experience and what neurophysiological mechanisms might be involved in the clinical effectiveness of virtual reality interventions in chronic pain patients. The aim of this review is: (i) to establish the state of the art on the effects of VR on patients with chronic pain; (ii) to identify neuroplastic changes associated with chronic pain that may be targeted by VR intervention; and (iii) to propose a hypothesis on how immersive virtual reality could modify motor behavioral decision-making through an interactive experience in patients with chronic pain.
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- Javier Guerra-Armas
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35016 Las Palmas, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
- Instituto de la Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA), 29071 Malaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28023 Madrid, Spain
- Motion in Brains Research Group, Institute of Neuroscience and Sciences of the Movement (INCIMOV), Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28023 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Dolor Craneofacial y Neuromusculoesquelético (INDCRAN), 28008 Madrid, Spain
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Matsuda S, Osumi M. Perception of Heaviness Induced by Sensorimotor Incongruence Is Associated with Pain Prognosis: A Pilot Study. Pain Res Manag 2023; 2023:9906268. [PMID: 37056450 PMCID: PMC10089778 DOI: 10.1155/2023/9906268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Background. Patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain experience not only pain but also abnormal body perception. Such abnormal body perception has been reported to be caused by incongruence between motor intentions and sensory feedback (i.e., sensorimotor incongruence). However, the influence of abnormal body perception with sensorimotor incongruence on pain prognosis in musculoskeletal pain patients has not been investigated. Objective. We aimed at clarifying the influence of abnormal body perception on pain prognosis using an experimental procedure for inducing sensorimotor incongruence in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Methods. We recruited 18 patients within 2 months after limb fracture or ligament injury. In the experiment, patients sat with the intact upper or lower limb reflected in a large mirror aligned with the sagittal plane. A motor task was performed for 20 seconds in each of the congruent and incongruent conditions. In the congruent condition, patients were asked to perform flexion-extension movements with the intact and affected limbs in-phase, while observing the intact limb in the mirror. In the incongruent condition, patients were asked to perform flexion-extension movements antiphase, while observing the intact limb in the mirror. After performing the congruent and incongruent conditions, patients were asked to complete a questionnaire about abnormal body perception. These procedures were conducted within 2 months after the fracture (first), 2 weeks after the first measurement (second), and 4 weeks (third) after the first measurement. Results. Pain, heaviness, and peculiarity were more likely to be experienced in incongruent conditions. Additionally, structural equation modeling indicated that heaviness at the first time point predicted the pain intensity at the second and third time points. Conclusions. Heaviness caused by sensorimotor incongruence may predict pain prognosis in patients with musculoskeletal pain after one month.
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- Soichiro Matsuda
- Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Kitakatsuragigun, Nara 635-0832, Japan
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- Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, Nara, Japan
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Frasie A, Houry M, Plourde C, Robert MT, Bouyer LJ, Roy JS. Feedback for the prevention and rehabilitation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review. Work 2023; 76:61-94. [PMID: 36872834 DOI: 10.3233/wor-220545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) remain a challenge despite research aimed at improving their prevention and treatment. Extrinsic feedback has been suggested for the prevention and rehabilitation of WRMSDs to improve sensorimotor control, and ultimately to reduce pain and disability. However, there are few systematic reviews on the effectiveness of extrinsic feedback for WRMSDs. OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review investigating the effect of extrinsic feedback for the prevention and rehabilitation of WRMSDs. METHODS Five databases (CINAHL, Embase, Ergonomics Abstract, PsycInfo, PubMed) were searched. Studies of various designs assessing the effects of extrinsic feedback during work tasks on three outcomes (function, symptoms, sensorimotor control) in the context of prevention and rehabilitation of WRMSDs were included. RESULTS Forty-nine studies were included, for a total sample of 3387 participants (including 925 injured) who performed work-related tasks in the workplace (27 studies) or in controlled environments (22 studies). The use of extrinsic feedback was shown to be effective in controlled environments for short-term prevention of functional limitations and sensorimotor alterations (very limited to moderate evidence) and for improving, in injured participants, function, symptoms and sensorimotor control (moderate evidence). In the workplace, it was shown to be effective for short-term prevention of functional limitations (limited evidence). There was conflicting evidence regarding its effect for WRMSD rehabilitation in the workplace. CONCLUSION Extrinsic feedback is an interesting complementary tool for the prevention and rehabilitation of WRMSDs in controlled environments. More evidence is needed regarding its effect for the prevention and rehabilitation of WRMSDs in the workplace.
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- Antoine Frasie
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), QuebecCity, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Centre d'Études des Transformations des Activités Physiques etSportives (CETAPS), Université de Rouen, Rouen, France
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), QuebecCity, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), QuebecCity, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), QuebecCity, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), QuebecCity, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Vittersø AD, Halicka M, Buckingham G, Proulx MJ, Bultitude JH. The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 139:104735. [PMID: 35705110 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Harris (1999) proposed that pain can arise in the absence of tissue damage because changes in the cortical representation of the painful body part lead to incongruences between motor intention and sensory feedback. This idea, subsequently termed the sensorimotor theory of pain, has formed the basis for novel treatments for pathological pain. Here we review the evidence that people with pathological pain have changes to processes contributing to sensorimotor function: motor function, sensory feedback, cognitive representations of the body and its surrounding space, multisensory processing, and sensorimotor integration. Changes to sensorimotor processing are most evident in the form of motor deficits, sensory changes, and body representations distortions, and for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), fibromyalgia, and low back pain. Many sensorimotor changes are related to cortical processing, pain, and other clinical characteristics. However, there is very limited evidence that changes in sensorimotor processing actually lead to pain. We therefore propose that the theory is more appropriate for understanding why pain persists rather than how it arises.
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- Axel D Vittersø
- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway.
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- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Centre for Real and Virtual Environments Augmentation Labs, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Illusion-enhanced Virtual Reality Exercise for Neck Pain: A Replicated Single Case Series. Clin J Pain 2021; 36:101-109. [PMID: 31714324 DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Body illusions have shown promise in treating some chronic pain conditions. We hypothesized that neck exercises performed in virtual reality (VR) with visual feedback of rotation amplified would reduce persistent neck pain. METHODS In a multiple-baseline replicated single case series, 8 blinded individuals with persistent neck pain completed a 4-phase intervention (initial n=12, 4 dropouts): (1) "baseline"; (2) "VR" during which participants performed rotation exercises in VR with no manipulation of visual feedback; (3) "VR enhanced" during which identical exercises were performed but visual feedback overstated the range of motion being performed; (4) "follow-up." Primary outcomes were twice-daily measures of pain-free range of motion and pain intensity. During the baseline and follow-up phases, measures were taken but no intervention took place. RESULTS No differences in primary outcomes were found between VR and baseline, VR enhanced and VR, or VR enhanced and follow-up. DISCUSSION Our hypothesis, that neck exercises performed in VR with visual feedback of rotation amplified, would reduce persistent neck pain was not supported. Possible explanations and future directions are discussed.
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Vittersø AD, Buckingham G, Ten Brink AF, Halicka M, Proulx MJ, Bultitude JH. Characterising sensorimotor adaptation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Cortex 2021; 140:157-178. [PMID: 33989901 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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It has been suggested that sensorimotor conflict contributes to the maintenance of some pathological pain conditions, implying that there are problems with the adaptation processes that normally resolve such conflict. We tested whether sensorimotor adaptation is impaired in people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) by characterising their adaption to lateral prismatic shifts in vision. People with unilateral upper-limb CRPS Type I (n = 17), and pain-free individuals (n = 18; matched for age, sex, and handedness) completed prism adaptation with their affected/non-dominant and non-affected/dominant arms. We examined 1) the rate at which participants compensated for the optical shift during prism exposure (i.e., strategic recalibration), 2) endpoint errors made directly after prism adaptation (sensorimotor realignment) and the retention of these errors, and 3) kinematic markers associated with strategic control. Direct comparisons between people with CRPS and controls revealed no evidence of any differences in strategic recalibration, including no evidence for differences in a kinematic marker associated with trial-by-trial changes in movement plans during prism exposure. All participants made significant endpoint errors after prism adaptation exposure, indicative of sensorimotor realignment. Overall, the magnitude of this realignment did not differ between people with CRPS and pain-free controls. However, when endpoint errors were considered separately for each hand, people with CRPS made greater errors (indicating more rather than less realignment) when using their affected hand than their non-affected hand. No such difference was seen in controls. Taken together, these findings provide no evidence of impaired strategic control or sensorimotor realignment in people with CRPS. In contrast, they provide some indication that there could be a greater propensity for sensorimotor realignment in the CRPS-affected arm, consistent with more flexible representations of the body and peripersonal space. Our study challenges an implicit assumption of the theory that sensorimotor conflict might underlie some pathological pain conditions.
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- Axel D Vittersø
- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Centre for Real and Virtual Environments Augmentation Labs, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Impact of Experimental Tonic Pain on Corrective Motor Responses to Mechanical Perturbations. Neural Plast 2020; 2020:8864407. [PMID: 32802041 PMCID: PMC7415104 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8864407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Movement is altered by pain, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Assessing corrective muscle responses following mechanical perturbations can help clarify these underlying mechanisms, as these responses involve spinal (short-latency response, 20-50 ms), transcortical (long-latency response, 50-100 ms), and cortical (early voluntary response, 100-150 ms) mechanisms. Pairing mechanical (proprioceptive) perturbations with different conditions of visual feedback can also offer insight into how pain impacts on sensorimotor integration. The general aim of this study was to examine the impact of experimental tonic pain on corrective muscle responses evoked by mechanical and/or visual perturbations in healthy adults. Two sessions (Pain (induced with capsaicin) and No pain) were performed using a robotic exoskeleton combined with a 2D virtual environment. Participants were instructed to maintain their index in a target despite the application of perturbations under four conditions of sensory feedback: (1) proprioceptive only, (2) visuoproprioceptive congruent, (3) visuoproprioceptive incongruent, and (4) visual only. Perturbations were induced in either flexion or extension, with an amplitude of 2 or 3 Nm. Surface electromyography was recorded from Biceps and Triceps muscles. Results demonstrated no significant effect of the type of sensory feedback on corrective muscle responses, no matter whether pain was present or not. When looking at the effect of pain on corrective responses across muscles, a significant interaction was found, but for the early voluntary responses only. These results suggest that the effect of cutaneous tonic pain on motor control arises mainly at the cortical (rather than spinal) level and that proprioception dominates vision for responses to perturbations, even in the presence of pain. The observation of a muscle-specific modulation using a cutaneous pain model highlights the fact that the impacts of pain on the motor system are not only driven by the need to unload structures from which the nociceptive signal is arising.
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Don S, Venema M, De Kooning M, van Buchem B, Nijs J, Voogt L. Does Sensorimotor Incongruence Trigger Pain and Sensory Disturbances in People With Chronic Low Back Pain? A Randomized Cross-Over Experiment. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2019; 20:315-324. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Katayama O, Nishi Y, Osumi M, Takamura Y, Kodama T, Morioka S. Neural activities behind the influence of sensorimotor incongruence on dysesthesia and motor control. Neurosci Lett 2019; 698:19-26. [PMID: 30625348 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sensorimotor incongruence (SMI) is associated with pathological pain, such as phantom limb pain. Additionally, patients with pathological pain and brain dysfunction typically present with movement disorders, including diminished voluntary control and increased variability in bimanual movement performance. In healthy subjects, SMI leads to dysesthesia and bimanual movement motor dysfunction. However, the brain localization of this activity remains unclear, particularly in SMI-induced dysesthesia and decrease in movement accuracy. In this study, 17 healthy participants were asked to perform repetitive flexion/extension exercises with their wrists in a congruent/incongruent position while viewing the activity in a mirror. Indeed, SMI induced dysesthesia and decreased bimanual movement accuracy. Moreover, beta band activities of the bilateral presupplementary (P < 0.01) and bilateral cingulate (P < 0.05) motor areas were decreased. Collectively, our findings indicate that SMI induces dysesthesia and movement disorders and reduces beta band activities in motor-related areas.
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- Osamu Katayama
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan; Department of Rehabilitation, Watanabe Hospital, 45-2 Noma-kamikawada, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 470-3235, Japan.
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan; Department of Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, 34 Yamada-cho, Oyake, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8175, Japan
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan; Department of Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umami-naka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara 635-0832, Japan
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Brun C, Mercier C, Grieve S, Palmer S, Bailey J, McCabe CS. Sensory disturbances induced by sensorimotor conflicts are higher in complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia compared to arthritis and healthy people, and positively relate to pain intensity. Eur J Pain 2018; 23:483-494. [DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Clémentine Brun
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration; Québec QC Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation; Laval University; Québec QC Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration; Québec QC Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation; Laval University; Québec QC Canada
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- Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bath UK
- University of the West of England; Bristol UK
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- University of the West of England; Bristol UK
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- Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bath UK
- University of the West of England; Bristol UK
- The Florence Nightingale Foundation; London UK
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Brun C, Gagné M, McCabe CS, Mercier C. Motor and sensory disturbances induced by sensorimotor conflicts during passive and active movements in healthy participants. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203206. [PMID: 30157264 PMCID: PMC6114925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sensorimotor conflict induces both sensory and motor disturbances, but the specific factors playing a role in conflict-induced disturbances are still misunderstood. For example, we still do not know the role played by motor intention (vs. a purely visuo-proprioceptive conflict) or the influence of specific types of incongruent visual feedback. The objective of this study was threefold: 1- to compare the effect of passive and active movement during sensorimotor conflict on sensory disturbances measured with a questionnaire; 2- to compare the effect of three incongruent visual feedback conditions on sensory and motor (mediolateral drift and movement amplitude) disturbances; 3- to test whether conflict-induced sensory and motor disturbances were stable over time. 20 healthy participants realized active or passive cyclic upper limb movements while viewing either congruent or incongruent visual feedback about their movement using a robotized exoskeleton combined with 2D virtual reality interface. First, results showed that in condition of conflict, participants reported higher sensory disturbances during active movements compared to passive movements (p = 0.034), suggesting that the efference copy reinforces the conflict between vision and proprioception. Second, the three conditions of incongruence in the active condition induced similar sensory (all p>0.45) and motor disturbances (medio-lateral drift: all p>0.59 and amplitude: all p>0.25), suggesting that conflict induced motor disturbances could be related more to the observation of another movement rather than to a detection of conflict between motor intention and sensory feedback. Finally, both sensory and motor disturbances were stable over time (all ICCs between 0.76 and 0.87), demonstrating low variability within participants. Overall, our results suggest that the efference copy is more involved in sensory disturbances than in motor disturbances, suggesting that they might rely on independent processes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clémentine Brun
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS), Québec, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS), Québec, QC, Canada
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- Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, United Kingdom
- University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
- The Florence Nightingale Foundation, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS), Québec, QC, Canada
- Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
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Tactile acuity is reduced in people with chronic neck pain. Musculoskelet Sci Pract 2018; 33:61-66. [PMID: 29180111 DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2017.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tactile acuity deficits have been demonstrated in a range of persistent pain conditions and may reflect underlying cortical re-organisation. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether tactile acuity is impaired in people with chronic neck pain relative to controls, and whether deficits relate to pain location, duration and intensity. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 20 people with chronic neck pain (5 idiopathic neck pain; 15 whiplash-associated disorder) and 20 pain-free controls underwent two-point discrimination (TPD) testing at the neck, back and arm, and point-to-point (PTP) and graphesthesia tests of tactile acuity at the neck and arm. RESULTS Linear mixed effects models demonstrated a significant group*body region interaction for TPD, Graphesthesia and PTP tests (Ps < 0.001), with post hoc tests showing impaired TPD in people with neck pain relative to controls at the neck, low back, and arm (P ≤ 0.001). Graphesthesia and PTP was also impaired at the neck (P < 0.001) but not the arm (P ≥ 0.48). TPD correlated with intensity and duration of pain (Pearson's r = 0.48, P < 0.05; Pearson's r = 0.77, P < 0.01). There was no sig difference between the two neck pain groups for any tactile acuity measure (TPD: P = 0.054; Graphesthesia; P = 0.67; Point to Point: P = 0.77), however, low power limited confidence in this comparison. CONCLUSION People with chronic neck pain demonstrated tactile acuity deficits in painful and non-painful regions when measured using the TPD test, with the magnitude of deficits appearing greatest at the neck. The study also revealed a positive relationship between TPD and pain intensity/duration, further supporting the main study finding.
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Fear of movement modulates the feedforward motor control of the affected limb in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS): A single-case study. Med Hypotheses 2018; 110:114-119. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Brun C, Gagné M, McCabe CS, Mercier C. Sensory Disturbances, but Not Motor Disturbances, Induced by Sensorimotor Conflicts Are Increased in the Presence of Acute Pain. Front Integr Neurosci 2017; 11:14. [PMID: 28785209 PMCID: PMC5519624 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2017.00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Incongruence between our motor intention and the sensory feedback of the action (sensorimotor conflict) induces abnormalities in sensory perception in various chronic pain populations, and to a lesser extent in pain-free individuals. The aim of this study was to simultaneously investigate sensory and motor disturbances evoked by sensorimotor conflicts, as well as to assess how they are influenced by the presence of acute pain. It was hypothesized that both sensory and motor disturbances would be increased in presence of pain, which would suggest that pain makes body representations less robust. Thirty healthy participants realized cyclic asymmetric movements of flexion-extension with both upper limbs in a robotized system combined to a 2D virtual environment. The virtual environment provided a visual feedback (VF) about movements that was either congruent or incongruent, while the robotized system precisely measured motor performance (characterized by bilateral amplitude asymmetry and medio-lateral drift). Changes in sensory perception were assessed with a questionnaire after each trial. The effect of pain (induced with capsaicin) was compared to three control conditions (no somatosensory stimulation, tactile distraction and proprioceptive masking). Results showed that while both sensory and motor disturbances were induced by sensorimotor conflicts, only sensory disturbances were enhanced during pain condition comparatively to the three control conditions. This increase did not statistically differ across VF conditions (congruent or incongruent). Interestingly however, the types of sensations evoked by the conflict in the presence of pain (changes in intensity of pain or discomfort, changes in temperature or impression of a missing limb) were different than those evoked by the conflict alone (loss of control, peculiarity and the perception of having an extra limb). Finally, results showed no relationship between the amount of motor and sensory disturbances evoked in a given individual. Contrary to what was hypothesized, acute pain does not appear to make people more sensitive to the conflict itself, but rather impacts on the type and amount of sensory disturbances that they experienced in response to that conflict. Moreover, the results suggest that some sensorimotor integration processes remain intact in presence of acute pain, allowing us to maintain adaptive motor behavior.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clémentine Brun
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social IntegrationQuébec, QC, Canada.,Department of Rehabilitation, Laval UniversityQuébec, QC, Canada
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social IntegrationQuébec, QC, Canada
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- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic DiseasesBath, United Kingdom.,Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of EnglandBristol, United Kingdom
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social IntegrationQuébec, QC, Canada.,Department of Rehabilitation, Laval UniversityQuébec, QC, Canada
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