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Current Studies

Study on Medical Marijuana and its Long-Term Effects on Older Adults

SMILE

This study aims to investigate the health outcomes in older adults with chronic pain by assessing the changes in pain, emotional and physical functioning, quality of life, and aging in those seeking medical marijuana to manage pain as well as those using other methods of pain management.

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Understanding Pain Biology in Elders Across Time

UPBEAT

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the brain and aging as it relates to mobility. Specifically, we aim to see whether an individual’s pain and brain structure predict a decline in mobility over time. Additionally, we are interested in studying how pain affects the aging population’s biology, social structure, and psychological well-being.

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PHOTOBIOMODULATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER PAIN

Laser Treatment of TMD pain

This study exams Photobiomodulation (PBM), an FDA-approved form of light therapy, for pain relief in individuals with TMD pain.

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Study of Pain Catastrophizing

SPAC

The purpose of this research study is to test whether a brief, single session pain coping treatment could influence pain processing in people who have knee osteoarthritis (OA).

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Back Pain and Motor Control in Virtual Reality

Back Pain & Motor Control

The purpose of this study is to understand how movement influences pain and how pain influences movement, and to identify the brain circuits that…

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Pain Relief for OsteoArthritis through Combined Treatment

PROACT

This project examines the effect of a five day course of mindfulness meditation and transcranial direct current stimulation on pain modulatory…

Knee Pain

Understanding Cognition, Oxytocin and Pain in Elders

UCOPE

This project examines the effects of Oxytocin on chronic pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis.

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Past Studies

5-day Breathing and Attention Training

Breath for Pain

The purpose of this research study is to see if a 5-day Breathing and Attention Training treatment, which includes instructions on deep breathing and focusing on different parts of your breathing, improves pain symptoms, stress, and emotional well-being in adults with chronic low back pain.

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Sleep, Pain, and Aging: Potential Underlying Mechanisms

LAMPS

This project examines the effect of oral GABA administration on sleep quality and chronic pain in older adults with poor sleep quality and severe pain.

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Empowering the Management of Pain-Obesity-Weight through Enhanced Reward

EMPOWER

This project examines the effect of an 8-month integrated pain and weight management intervention for adults with chronic low back pain and with a body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2.

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Acute Effects of Alcohol Use on Chronic Orofacial Pain

Alcohol Use & Chronic Orofacial Pain

We are conducting a research study on the effects of alcohol consumption on sensory function in people with temporomandibular muscle and joint disorder (TMD) and healthy volunteers. Compensation provided.

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Investigating Movement-evoked Pain in osteoArthritic Conditions

IMPACT

To investigate knee osteoarthritis pain and function in African Americans.

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Adaptability and Resilience in Aging Adults (ARIAA)-2

ARIAA-2

This project examines the effect of a 7-week resilience-based intervention on pain and functioning in older adults with low back pain.

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Neuromodulatory Examination of Pain and Mobility Across the Lifespan

NEPAL

This project examines different factors as they relate to the aging brain, including pain sensitivity, walking ability, and thinking and memory.

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Understanding Pain and Limitations in Osteoarthritic Disease (UPLOAD)-2

UPLOAD-2 HD

This study examines ethnic group differences in clinical symptoms, systemic inflammation, psychosocial functioning, and pain-related central nervous system (CNS) structure and function after baseline and over a four-year follow-up period among older adults with knee osteoarthritis.

KneePain

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