The Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health
is under the direction of Michael E. Robinson, Ph.D. It
is housed in the Dept. of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of
Florida. The center is dedicated to the investigation and understanding of the
experience of pain in humans. The projects range from pain perception
investigations to the emotional aspects of individuals who are experiencing
chronic pain.
Dr. Robinson also serves as the Research Director of the
Spine Center. Students working in the lab also conduct research in several
clinical settings including the Facial Pain Center, the Spine Center,
Anesthesia Pain Center, and Rheumatology. Listed below are some of the programs
of research in our center.
Research Programs
§ Here for the Study on Doping Attitudes? Follow this link
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Gender/Sex differences in pain perception and chronic pain
complaint
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Clinical/Experimental Pain Perception: The application of
laboratory psychophysics to clinically relevant stimulation in understanding
pain perception in chronic pain sufferers
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Coping Styles and chronic pain
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The relationship of emotional (negative affect) components of
chronic pain
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Prediction of treatment outcome and compliance in chronic pain
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The investigation of effort level in strength testing of
individuals with musculoskeletal injuries
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Electromyographic studies of low back pain
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Effects of long term opioid use for chronic pain
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Decision making in use of medications for pain control
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Functional Imaging of Pain and Related Phenomena
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Patient Centered Outcomes
Clinical Activities
We are an integrated clinical service in several pain or
pain related clinics. These include the UF SpineCenter, the Facial Pain Center,
and the Anesthesiology Pain Center. All of these sites are multidisciplinary in
nature and serve as excellent training sites for our students, interns and
post-docs.
Image Notes
The brain images you see on various pages are from a set
of studies being conducted with Drs. Price, Verne, Perlstein, and Craggs. They
are FMRI images from our NIH funded investigation of the brain activation
associated with placebo analgesia.
Comments or Suggestions?
Please email me at painstudy@phhp.ufl.edu
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