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SUMMARY:Interactions between pain\, body perception and movement
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DESCRIPTION:Catherine Mercier\, O.T. Ph.D.\, Université Laval\, Canada\n
 There is increasing evidence that various chronic pain populations present
  modified cortical sensorimotor representations\, and it has been proposed
  that these changes may contribute to pain chronicity. Alterations in body
  perception are also often reported in these populations. However the exac
 t relationship between pain\, changes in cortical sensorimotor representat
 ions and alterations in body perceptions remains unknown. My research grou
 p uses various methodological approaches (transcranial magnetic stimulatio
 n\, virtual reality and robotics) to attempt to clarify these relationship
 s and propose new assessment and treatment methods for the rehabilitation 
 of chronic pain patients.\nBio: Catherine Mercier received a B.Sc. in occ
 upational therapy and a Ph.D. in Biomedical sciences from Université de M
 ontréal. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Institute for Cog
 nitive Sciences in Lyon\, France. She is currently professor of rehabilita
 tion at Université Laval\, researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary
  Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS) in Quebec City
  and is a Senior research scholar from Fonds de recherche Québec-Santé 
 (FRQS) .
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