A preliminary fMRI study of analgesic treatment in chronic back pain and knee osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Harden Norm (Author), Jabakhanji Rami (Author), Geha Paul Y (Author), Baliki Marwan N (Author), Schnitzer Thomas J (Author), Apkarian A Vania (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>The effects of an analgesic treatment (lidocaine patches) on brain activity in chronic low back pain (CBP) and in knee osteoarthritis (OA) were investigated using serial fMRI (contrasting fMRI between before and after two weeks of treatment). Prior to treatment b...