Open AccessOculomotor Disturbances in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Spinal Pain
Author(s) -
Ruth Ruscheweyh,
Antonia Fritz,
Thomas Eggert,
Shahnaz-Christina Azad,
Andreas Straube
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx291
Subject(s) - smooth pursuit , medicine , chronic pain , saccade , cerebellum , eye movement , neuroscience , psychology , ophthalmology , physical therapy
There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum has a role in pain processing. The present study investigates whether chronic pain patients, who are likely to have altered pain processing, exhibit signs of subtle cerebellar dysfunction. We used oculomotor tasks to assess dysfunction of the associated neuronal networks, including the cerebellum.
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