Central Neuropathic Pain in Paraplegia Alters Movement Related Potentials

Central Neuropathic Pain (CNP) is caused by an injury to the somatosensory system (Jensen et al. 2011) affecting more than 40% Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) patients (Siddall 2003).1 The cortical activity of SCI patients is thus affected by both CNP and paralysis (Boord et al. 2008, Vuckovic et al. 2014). To understand the effect of SCI on EEG during motor tasks, researchers have analysed both event-related synchronisation/desynchronisation (ERS/ERD) (Pfurtscheller et al. 2009) and movement related cortical potential (MRCP) (Castro et al.

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