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Lead
Oregon Health and Science University
With
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Aim 1:To compare amplitudes of pain-related evoked potentials during electrical paired-pulse stimulation between individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain and healthy controls.
Aim 2: To compare differences in pain habituation between individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain and healthy controls.
Aim 3: To compare cognitive-affective regulation between individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain and healthy controls.
Age
30–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Age 30-70 years old.
Agrees to follow the study protocol.
Reports a stable regimen of pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic treatments, meaning they have not changed their medication in the last 2 months.
Access to an internet for REDCap survey.
You may not be if
Significant patient-reported medical/neurological disease (e.g., major organ failure; active cancer, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, epilepsy)
Peripheral, entrapment, or radiculopathy neuropathies of the upper extremities (associated with diabetes, chemotherapy, or drug use, or imaging finding of a herniated disk or foraminal stenosis in the neck with contact to a nerve root); history of ulnar neuropathy or median nerve neuropathy
Acute and/or symptomatic compression fracture confirmed by imaging
Previous spinal surgery
Rheumatoid arthritis
Use of analgesic medication the morning prior to the afternoon assessment.
Cannot understand the instructions (e.g., cannot hear or see study materials).
Involved in a workers' compensation case, currently undergoing disability application, involved in personal injury claim, or incarcerated.
Pregnant or seeking to become pregnant.
Presence of an implantable electronic device such as a cardiac pacemaker, ICD, DBS, vagus nerve stimulator.
