Research seminar
Date: Thursday 25 February 2010
Time: 12.45 - 1.45pm
Venue: Teaching Room 42, Grosvenor Wing, St George’s, University of London
Cranmer Terrace, Tooting SW17 0RE
Information and bookings: Johanna Moloney, tel +44 (0)20 8725 3924 or email j.moloney@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Identifying and treating neuropathic pain
Presented by Iain Beith, Head of School of Physiotherapy.
Back pain and associated leg pain are a common problem, with the vast majority of us experiencing these symptoms at some point in our lives. It doesn’t help that we don’t know the cause and origin of the pain in over 85% of these cases.
This seminar will explore the possibility of classifying the problem by the underlying pain mechanism: either nociceptive, where the problem is pathology within the tissues, or neuropathic, where the problem is within the nervous system. While this distinction is somewhat contentious, it is helpful in trying to untangle the uncertainties.
Data collected from NHS patients will be presented and discussed, as will the implications of this data for the future management of the problem.
Lunch will be provided from 12.45pm.
About the Faculty Research Seminar Series
This fortnightly seminar series aims to: share the research being undertaken in the Faculty, offer an opportunity for debate and exchange of ideas, and provide an opportunity for meeting others interested in health and social care research. The series is hosted by Professor Vari Drennan and Mary Halter.
- Next seminar in the series: Consumer perspectives on therapeutic coercion in community mental health services
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