2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study for developing an objective evaluation system and an effective treatment for musculoskeletal pain
| Project/Area Number |
24592205
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Orthopaedic surgery
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| Research Institution | Fukushima Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
YABUKI Shoji 福島県立医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (00260779)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
紺野 愼一 (70254018)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | pain / musculoskeletal pain / MR Spectroscopy / catastrophizing / chronic pain / exercise / QOL |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of the study was to develop an objective evaluation system of musculoskeletal pain and develop an effective treatment. Data of 20 healthy controls and 8 pain patients were collected. When compared with healthy controls, the characteristics of pain patients were 1) disability of physical function was higher, 2) anxiety and depression were severer, 3) pain catastrophizing scale was higher, and 4) quality of life was lower. No significant changes were detected on brain imaging and motion analysis during walking.
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| Free Research Field |
運動器疼痛
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