A New Way to Assess Chronic Pain: Application of Machine Learning on Emotional Body Maps

"Recent studies proposed that understanding the connection between emotional states, pain and bodily sensations might help in the understanding of chronic pain conditions. In the targeted article, the authors developed a mobile platform dedicated to chronic back pain patients in order to measure pain, emotions and associated bodily feelings in their daily life conditions. Applying machine learning, they developed two predictive models of future pain."

Author:

Typhaine Chauveau

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