Colleagues from HSC at BU and the AECC delivered their abstract at the 15th World Congress on Pain – hosted by the International Association for the Study of Pain. The pilot study investigated perceptions of movement in the lower back in those with chronic low back pain. The findings in this small sample revealed that those with back pain were more sensitive to movement than those without back pain. Aspects of this study are being continued as part of a match funded PhD project.
The project team consist of: Dr. Carol Clark (BU), Dr. Neil Osborne (AECC), Dr. Sharon Docherty (BU), Dr Dave Newell (AECC), Professors Ahmed Khattab (BU), Jeff Bagust (AECC & BU) and PhD student Sara Glithro.
You can access the conference abstract here: https://brian.bournemouth.ac.uk/viewobject.html?id=186189&cid=1
You can access the journal paper here: Clark, C.J., Doherty, S, Osborne, N, Khattab, A 2014. A pilot study to compare passive lumbar spine re-positioning error in those with chronic low back pain. International Musculoskeletal Medicine 36 (3) 105-110












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