Investigating object affordance in people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: No alterations in the automatic activation of motor plans

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a condition of chronic pain, predominantly affecting one limb. CRPS is characterised by motor changes including slowed or uncoordinated movements. Cognitive processes that drive movement planning and/or execution might contribute to these changes. We aimed to investigate potential alterations to such cognitive mechanisms using an ‘object affordance’ paradigm. Object affordance refers to the observation that viewing an object modulates associated motor responses, presumably due to the automatic activation of a motor plan.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research