Effect of tonic pain on motor acquisition and retention while learning to reach in a force field.

Most patients receiving intensive rehabilitation to improve their upper limb function experience pain. Despite this, the impact of pain on the ability to learn a specific motor task is still unknown. The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of experimental tonic pain interferes wi...

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Main Authors: Mélanie Lamothe, Jean-Sébastien Roy, Jason Bouffard, Martin Gagné, Laurent J Bouyer, Catherine Mercier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4049621?pdf=render