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Welcome to the CENTRE FOR PAIN RESEARCH

          

                                                                                                                                         

Founded in 2007, the Centre for Pain Research (CPR) is an interdisciplinary pain research collaboration between National University of Ireland, Galway, the HSE and related health service agencies.  Our aim is to improve our scientific understanding of pain from the basic sciences through to the population level. 

Patients needed for trial of back pain rehabilitation programme. 

Are you interested in taking part in a free 10-week back pain rehabilitation programme?

Researchers at the Centre for Pain Research are currently recruiting participants with back pain to take part in the trial of a new rehabilitation programme.
 
Specifically we are looking for participants who have:

  -  back pain for less than 12 months and
 -  are currently unable to work (or are on significantly reduced work hours) because of pain

If you fit these criteria, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

As part of the trial you may be able to access 10 individual sessions free of charge with a psychologist trained in pain rehabilitation.  Sessions will focus on active rehabilitation, pacing techniques, cognitive therapy to help identify negative thinking patterns and the development of effective challenges and exercising to improve physical function. 

The researchers are looking for patients from Galway, Mayo, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal & Dublin.  All appointments take place locally so patients outside Galway do not have to travel to Galway at any stage of the trial.

The research was recently featured on RTE Radio One and RTE Six One News.  Watch the clips here:  http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0130/nuig.html

For more information about taking part in the trial please contact Miriam Raftery, Centre for Pain Research 091 495 830 or miriam.rafterynuigalway.ie or see the Pain Disability Prevention Trial website

 

Healthy volunteers, with no history of chronic pain, needed for research trial 

Researchers at NUI Galway’s Centre for Pain Research are looking for volunteers to participate in a medical research study. For more information see here

Summary of CPR research

A summary of selected research from the Centre for Pain Research recently featured in Public Service Review: European Science and Technology: Issue 12. Read the full article here

For information on the Pain Disability Prevention Study, please see the study website. 

                 

                                                        

 

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