Balgrist University Hospital

This study aimed to better understand low back pain by identifying different patterns or 'types' of pain. Researchers enrolled 150 people with back pain to complete questionnaires and some underwent special pain sensitivity tests and brain scans. The goal was to link a person's s…

This study aimed to create a convincing fake anesthetic injection to improve future research on nerve blocks for pain. Researchers tested a diluted solution on 17 healthy volunteers to see if it could mimic the feeling of a real nerve block without providing pain relief. The goal…