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Contrôle de la douleur en réadaptation

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Is critical to improve their long term social participation and quality of life;

Might contribute to enhance the response to MOTOR training during rehabilitation

Catherine Mercier Baumbauer et al. Brain Res Rev. 2009

Rats with complete spinal cord section can learn to maintain hindlimb flexion to avoid nociceptive stimuli (spinal cord instrumental learning).

Catherine MercierHook et al. Behav Neurosci 2008

• Pain interfere with spinal cord plasticity/learning.• This learning deficit lasts at least 24h (i.e. longer than the

nociceptive stimuli).

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Short-term effect of training in a new tongue protrusion task (tracking task)

Performed with or without pain (induced with capsaicin)

Boudreau et al. Pain 2007

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TMS measures pre-post training

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Ramachandran & Rogers-Ramachandran, 1996 Mercier & Sirigu, 2009

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Moseley, Pain 2007

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10 Hz rTMS or tDCS

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