Contact
Primary Investigator
Marlon L. Wong, PT, Ph.D.
Mailing Address
Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center
1611 NW 12th Ave.
Miami, FL, 33136
Room #3-142
Currently, the APReCIAT lab is involved in a variety of projects to improve diversity in pain research as well as access and outcomes for symptom management in people with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
Physiological and Psycho-Physical Measures to Improve Understanding of Pain
Our lab uses numerous tools that have promise to improve the understanding of pain, including heart rate variability, static and dynamic quantitative sensory testing, neurophysiological measures (i.e., TMS and H-reflex), and physical performance measures (e.g., motor control analysis and respiratory muscle performance).
Neuromodulation Interventions to improve Peripheral Neuropathy
The vagus nerve plays a key role in physiological responses to stressors, and transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) shows great promise for improving symptom management in people with chronic peripheral neuropathy. Our goal is to develop multimodal pain management programs that combine taVNS with other interventions, such as exercise, to improve the symptom burden in people with cancer and diabetes related pain.