Connecting Pain, Mind and Movement: Insights from Knee Osteoarthritis and Neck and Low Back Pain

This webinar will take place on 16 July 2026 at 06:00 am EDT

Free to IASP Members; $25.00 for non-members

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We are excited to announce this webinar, in which we will present and discuss the work of the winners of the Best Pain, Mind, and Movement Publication Award – 2nd edition! Join us as we explore the complex interactions between cortical activation, psychological outcomes, insomnia, and pain and function in different painful conditions.

• Soyoung Lee (1st prize winner), from the University of Maryland Baltimore, will present research investigating prefrontal cortex activation during walking and step-up tasks in people with knee osteoarthritis, and its association with pain and psychological outcomes. The full text can be found here.
• Junze Chen (honourable mention), from University of Queensland, will discuss evidence comparing whiplash-associated disorders and nontraumatic neck pain in terms of pain, disability, psychological status, quality of life, nociceptive processing, movement, sensorimotor, and muscle function. The full text can be found here.
• Jeremy R. Chang (honourable mention), from the University of Sydney, will examine pain perception among females with or without nonspecific chronic low back pain and comorbid insomnia. The full text can be found here.
Together, these presentations highlight the multifaceted interactions between pain, mind, and movement, and how they shape the lived experience of pain.

Overall Learning Objective

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to critically appraise emerging evidence on the interactions between pain, psychological factors, sleep, cortical activation, and movement across different musculoskeletal pain conditions. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how these multidimensional factors influence pain experiences, functional outcomes, and disability, and how this knowledge can inform assessment, clinical reasoning, and patient management.

Speakers

Soyoung Lee, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Junze Chen, University of Queensland
Rui Chang (Jeremy), University of Sydney

Moderators

Erin MacIntyre, Adelaide University
Rodrigo Rizzo, University of New South Wales (UNSW)