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Part of training the brain series focused on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) but relevant to all types of pain.

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Why train the brain?

CRPS as an extreme protective response.

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Why train the brain?

Cognitive

Understanding the problem

Other threatening cues are relevant

Educate & explain

Behavioural

Function & movement hierarchy

‘training the brain part 1’

Brain changes

S1 reorganisation

Reorganisation elsewhere?

‘training the brain part 2’

Recent developments

Neglect and ownership

Disrupted bodily awareness

Disruption of high-order cognitive

representations.

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Our approach to treating CRPS

Experiment: Do patients with CRPS actually think their

affected limb is bigger than it is?

Moseley 2004 Neurology 65

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32 CRPS patients 18 non-CRPS chronic hand pain patients

Digital photo

affected

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32 CRPS patients 18 non-CRPS chronic hand pain patients

affected

Expanded or condensed

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32 CRPS patients 18 non-CRPS chronic hand pain patients

affected

Expanded to 115%

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32 CRPS patients 18 non-CRPS chronic hand pain patients

affected

Condensed to 85%

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“Which of these is a true picture?”

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“Which of these are chicken feet?”

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Proportion of sample

50%

0%90% 95% 100% 105% 110% 115%

Size of affected limb as a proportion of true size

85%

Normal controls

Moseley 2004 Neurology 65, 773

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Proportion of sample

50%

0%90% 95% 100% 105% 110% 115%

Size of affected limb as a proportion of true size

85%

Normal controlsPatients with non-CRPS1 pain

Moseley 2004 Neurology 65, 773

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Proportion of sample

50%

0%90% 95% 100% 105% 110% 115%

Size of affected limb as a proportion of true size

Patients with CRPS1

85%

Normal controlsPatients with non-CRPS1 pain

Moseley 2004 Neurology 65, 773

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Proportion of sample

50%

0%90% 95% 100% 105% 110% 115%

Size of affected limb as a proportion of true size

Patients with CRPS1

85%

Normal controlsPatients with non-CRPS1 pain

Moseley 2004 Neurology 65, 773

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Why might that be?

This also happens after anaesthetic

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Could distorted body image be contributing

to symptoms?

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Design

10 patients with CRPS of one hand Random allocation

Control Clear Magnified Minified

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0

40

10 200

Change in pain

(100 mm VAS)

M R

Trial time (minutes)

Control

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0

40

10 200

Change in pain

(100 mm VAS)

M R

Trial time (minutes)

Control Clear

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0

40

10 200

Change in pain

(100 mm VAS)

M R

Trial time (minutes)

Control Clear Magnified

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0

100

Peak pain(100 mm

VAS)

Ctrl Clear Mag.Recovery time (minutes)

200

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*

Ctrl

Clear

Mag.

A B

0.8

1.2

Post-task swelling(aff/unaff)

*

Control Clear Magnified

* *

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Moseley, Parsons & Spence 2008 Current Biology 18, 1047-8

Why train the brain?

Cognitive

Understanding the problem

Other threatening cues are relevant

Educate & explain

Behavioural

Function & movement hierarchy

‘training the brain part 1’

Brain changes

S1 reorganisation

Reorganisation elsewhere?

‘training the brain part 2’

Recent developments

Neglect and ownership

Disrupted bodily awareness

Disruption of high-order cognitive

representations.

www.bodyinmind.com.au Copyright GL Moseley 2009

Our approach to treating CRPS

DAVID

BUTLER | LO

RIMER M

OSELEY | ART SU

NYATA

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