Naslov
Pain management by multimodal cognitive regulation

Autori
Ćosić, Krešimir ; Popović, Siniša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Wounds of War IV: Pain Syndromes – From Recruitment to Returning Troops. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics - Vol. 91

Urednik/ci
Wiederhold, Brenda K.

Izdavač
IOS Press

Grad
Amsterdam

Godina
2012

Raspon stranica
199-207

ISBN
978-1-60750-985-1

Ključne riječi
pain management, multimodal cognitive regulation, attention distraction, virtual reality, interdisciplinary approach, posttraumatic stress disorder

Sažetak
Pain is among the most common medical complaints, and is associated with impaired quality of life of affected individuals and consequent large societal costs. Taking into account the multidimensional nature of pain, this paper describes the concept of the pain mental state vector, which integrates affective, cognitive, physiological, and motor representations. Bottom-up pain pathways and descending pain modulatory pathways are briefly reviewed, before discussing top-down multimodal cognitive regulation of pain. Due to empirical success of pain management that relies on attentional distraction facilitated by Virtual Reality (VR), as well as prior literature on the underlying neurobiological mechanisms, the paper also discusses some aspects of the neurobiology of multimodal cognitive regulation of pain.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Računarstvo, Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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