A Neurofeedback System to Decrease Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.

The existing methods for treating chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain do not address the restoration of altered brain activity, referred to as maladaptive plasticity, resulting from the effects of chronic MSK pain. Using electroencephalography (EEG) an increase in event-related alpha power over the somatosensory cortex was previously observed during movement in chronic MSK pain. A low cost neurofeedback system was developed that focuses on decreasing event-related alpha power.