Investigating the theoretical assumptions of the imprecision hypothesis of chronic pain /
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2015
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Harvie, Daniel Simon,
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Pain is a part of everyday life. For some people however, pain can persist. To date, the bulk of research attempting to explain chronic pain has focused on non-associative adaptations within the nociceptive or danger detection system that result in an up-regulation of painful responses, a process widely covered by the term ‘sensitisation’. The Imprecision Hypothesis,proposes that adaptations driven by associative learning mechanisms might also contribute.Based on Pavlovian principles of classical conditioning, and those that govern the operation of large groups of neurones, the hypothesis suggests that associative learning might indeed be responsible for persistent pain – by enabling previously inert stimuli to develop nociception like properties. This thesis investigates some of the core assumptions underlying the Imprecision Hypothesis of chronic pain.
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University of South Australia. School of Health Sciences.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2015.
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Copyright 2015 Daniel Simon Harvie. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Australia 3.0 licence
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1 ethesis (197 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-68)
illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-68)
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