Development of rehabilitation strategies for changing bodily self-consciousness

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16354
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Niigata University of Health and Welfare (2016-2017); Hiroshima University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Otsuru Naofumi 新潟医療福祉大学, 医療技術学部, 講師 (50586542)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 身体認知 / 慢性疼痛

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated correlations between bodily self-consciousness and pain, depression, anxiety, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic intra-oral pain. Age-matched control subjects were also recruited in this study. In control subjects, bodily self-consciousness, which is measured by tongue size estimation, did not correlate with any parameters. On the other hand, in patients with chronic intra-oral pain, tongue size estimation significantly negatively correlated with magnification, which is one of the subscales in the pain catastrophizing scale. These results suggest that thinking about pain is associated with bodily self-consciousness in patients with chronic pain.

Free Research Field

神経科学、慢性疼痛