{"id":26,"date":"2023-05-25T16:33:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:48:50","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opportunities to be involved in research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following studies are actively recruiting participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/mitigate-trial\/\">MiTiGate Trial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/elucidate\/\">Elucidate Study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/face-pd-facial-pain-experience-in-parkinsons-disease\/\">FacE-PD study<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Current projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-491 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-larger-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/can-we-improve-pain-education-using-experiential-methods\/\" target=\"_self\" >Can we improve pain education using experiential methods?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image wp-duotone-unset-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/can-we-improve-pain-education-using-experiential-methods\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2024\/07\/jaw-pain.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Can we improve pain education using experiential methods?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2024\/07\/jaw-pain.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2024\/07\/jaw-pain-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2024\/07\/jaw-pain-1024x867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2024\/07\/jaw-pain-768x650.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The way that people understand pain is important. Typically, believing that pain is caused only by physical factors and using only passive modalities of treatment are both associated with a poorer prognosis. Unfortunately, this is exactly what many people do believe about pain including some health professionals! A recent project carried out by students from&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/can-we-improve-pain-education-using-experiential-methods\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-724 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-research\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-larger-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/face-pd-facial-pain-experience-in-parkinsons-disease\/\" target=\"_self\" >FacE-PD- Facial pain Experience in Parkinson\u2019s Disease\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This study aims to understand the types of pain affecting the face, head and mouth regions in people with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Most people living with Parkinson\u2019s disease experience pain, and this pain is often not well managed. Pain acts as the body\u2019s warning system, signalling that something may be wrong so that the area can&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/face-pd-facial-pain-experience-in-parkinsons-disease\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-283 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-larger-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/mitigate-trial\/\" target=\"_self\" >MiTiGate trial<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image wp-duotone-unset-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/mitigate-trial\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-1200x676.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"MiTiGate trial\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-1200x676.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-2048x1153.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/miti-copy-cropped-1-edited-1-1980x1115.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">MiTiGate Trial: Managing chronic Myalgia Temporomandibular Disorder: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of Botulinum toxin type A, lidocaine, and amitriptyline\/gabapentin, with internal pilot and cost-effectiveness analysis To learn more, visit the MiTiGate Trial website here: https:\/\/www.mitigatetrial.co.uk\/ To self-refer to the trial, please email nuth.mitigate@nhs.net Plain English summary of the study Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) affect the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/mitigate-trial\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/category\/research\">See all research projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Research Themes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-1200x851.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919-1980x1404.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61919.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mechanisms and pathways of pain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work aims to understand how and why acute and persistent pain is experienced in painful conditions such as toothache, persistent facial pain, and neuropathic pain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Pain therapeutics and clinical trials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">In this research theme, our work explores new targets to treat painful conditions and assesses the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of clinical treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870-1980x1320.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/74870.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806-1980x1320.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/69806.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pain diagnostics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This work aims to improve on the current methods that clinicians have to diagnose pain conditions, and to measure and assess people&#8217;s experience of pain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Applied pain research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Our research uses innovative clinical research, integrating multidisciplinary perspectives, to explore how best to help people who suffer from painful conditions. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913-1980x1343.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/61913.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Collaborators<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200-1980x1322.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/files\/2023\/05\/63200.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic collaborators<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Osaka University, Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Minnesota, MN, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aarhus University, Denmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Liverpool, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Sheffield, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Leeds, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Manchester, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durham University, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industrial collaborators<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with several companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opportunities to be involved in research The following studies are actively recruiting participants: MiTiGate Trial Elucidate Study FacE-PD study Current projects See all research projects Our Research Themes Mechanisms and pathways of pain Our work aims to understand how and why acute and persistent pain is experienced in painful conditions such as toothache, persistent facial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/painresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}