Chronic pain is associated with reduced brain gray matter and impaired cognitive ability. In
this longitudinal study, we assessed whether neuroanatomical and functional abnormalities …

2. Materials and methods 2.1. Study design The study was conducted at the Athinoula A.
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. The study was …

Recently, we showed that patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) demonstrate alterations in
the thalamic concentrations of several metabolites compared with healthy controls: higher …

Recent neuroimaging studies have demonstrated pathological mechanisms related to
cerebral neuroplasticity in chronic low back pain (CLBP). Few studies have compared cerebral …

Methods This is a comparative study. Participants were 196 female high school students
including 98 without LBP (age= 16.22±2.79 years, height= 1.60±0.05 m, weight= 54.83±10.17 …

ABSTRACT Knowledge of pain influences health care providers’ attitudes and beliefs about
patients with chronic low back pain. In turn, affects the choice of management approach. …