A significant body of experimental evidence has demonstrated that it is possible to induce
the illusion of ownership of a fake limb or even an entire fake body using multisensory …

Introduction Placebo and nocebo represent complex and distinct psychoneurobiological
phenomena in which behavioural and neurophysiological modifications occur together with …

Placebo and nocebo effects are embodied psycho-neurobiological responses capable of
modulating pain and producing changes at different neurobiological, body at perceptual and …

Low back pain (LBP) is an important medical and socioeconomic problem. Impaired
sensorimotor control has been suggested to be a likely mechanism underlying development …

This systematic review aimed to synthesize the existing evidence of extended reality (XR) on
pain and motor function outcomes in patients with back pain. Following the Cochrane …

There is growing evidence that chronic pain conditions can have an associated central
pathology, involving both cortical reorganisation and an incongruence between expected …

Harris (1999) proposed that pain can arise in the absence of tissue damage because
changes in the cortical representation of the painful body part lead to incongruences …

This systematic review and meta-analysis critically examined the evidence for bodily
illusions to modulate pain. Six databases were searched; 2 independent reviewers …

Objective Augmented reality (AR) is a relatively new technology that merges virtual and
physical environments, augmenting one's perception of reality. AR creates a computer …

Background: Pain and body perception are essentially two subjective mutually influencing
experiences. However, in the field of musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic diseases we …