Dr. Tasha Stanton’s background in physiotherapy and pain science means her research is very clinically relevant. BJSM’s Liam West discusses with Dr. Stanton the pain experienced by patients with osteoarthritis, how fear and emotions can alter this pain and where the future of osteoarthritis pain management might lie.

Related Articles:
Evidence of central sensitisation, impaired pain inhibition, enhanced pain facilitation in OA:
Edwards et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016; 17:284
Perception of harm influences pain:
Wiech et al J Neurosci 2010; 30:16324-31
What people with OA think about exercise/harm:
Holden MA, et al. Role of exercise for knee pain: what do older adults in the community think? Arthritis Care Res. 2012;64:1554-64.
Somers et al. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009;37:863-72.
Pouli N, et al. The experience of living with knee OA. Disabil Rehabil. 2014;36:600-7
Modulation of pain by vision:
Longo et al. J Neurosci 2009; 29: 12125-30; Longo et al. J Neurosci 2012; 32: 2601-7
Alterations in body perception in people with OA:
Nishigami et al. PLoS ONE 2017; 12:e0179225
Gilpin et al. Rheumatology 2015; 54:678-82
Body illusions in people with pain:
Bosch et al. PAIN 2016; 157:519-29.
Altering sounds alters feelings of back stiffness:
Stanton et al. Scientific reports 2017; 7: 9861.

Associated Podcasts:
Prof Hunter on OA and exercise - http://bit.ly/2DQAd9z
OA in the spotlight - http://bit.ly/1Frwnxt
Prof Moseley on the brain and mind in chronic pain - http://bit.ly/1u33pPY
Pain coach and first patient contact for pain management - http://bit.ly/2DHCaGa

Am I safe to move? Prof Moseley on understanding pain and focusing on the patient - http://bit.ly/2nmCAqu

Podcast Quotes:
“Give your patient the locus of control”
“Knowledge helps you frame what is happening in your world”
“People with osteoarthritis often hold beliefs that movement is harmful”