Do you have chronic pain? 

The Stroman Lab at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario is currently recruiting participants for an fMRI study of chronic pain and fibromyalgia.

The study uses fMRI to investigate how neural signaling related to pain is altered in people with fibromyalgia (FM), compared to people without FM. The purpose is to improve our understanding of how/why people with FM have chronic pain and heightened pain sensitivity. We will also investigate how, or if, FM is different between men and women.

This study will involve men and women who have FM, or have the symptoms of FM, or who are healthy and have no signs/symptoms of FM. Participants must be 19 to 65 years old, with no history of neurological injury or disease, other than effects related to FM (such as no previous serious injury involving the brain or spinal cord etc.).

This study involves one visit to Queen’s University and will take approximately two hours. It will be completed in two parts. The first part will be to familiarize the participant with our heat stimulus and pain rating scale. The second part of the visit will be in the actual MRI system.

Compensation: Participants with fibromyalgia or chronic pain will be compensated $60 for their time/inconvenience and participants without chronic pain will be compensated $40.

For more information about the study and how to participate, please visit our website or contact us at stromanlab@queensu.ca 

This study is available in English only