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Tactile acuity training for patients with chronic low back pain: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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Title
Tactile acuity training for patients with chronic low back pain: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2474-15-59
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Authors

Cormac Ryan, Nicholas Harland, Benjamin T Drew, Denis Martin

Abstract

Chronic pain can disrupt the cortical representation of a painful body part. This disruption may play a role in maintaining the individual's pain. Tactile acuity training has been used to normalise cortical representation and reduce pain in certain pain conditions. However, there is little evidence for the effectiveness of this intervention for chronic low back pain (CLBP). The primary aim of this study was to inform the development of a fully powered randomised controlled trial (RCT) by providing preliminary data on the effect of tactile acuity training on pain and function in individuals with CLBP. The secondary aim was to obtain qualitative feedback about the intervention.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 236 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 38 16%
Student > Bachelor 28 12%
Other 24 10%
Researcher 21 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 8%
Other 55 23%
Unknown 56 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 64 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 47 20%
Psychology 14 6%
Sports and Recreations 10 4%
Social Sciences 9 4%
Other 35 15%
Unknown 61 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 July 2023.
All research outputs
#1,684,677
of 24,639,073 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#311
of 4,309 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,822
of 226,492 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#6
of 112 outputs
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