PAIN-RELATED BRAIN STRUCTURE AND PAIN CATASTROPHIZING IN BLACKS AND WHITES WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Pain catastrophizing is a cognitive-affective response during painful experiences and is implicated in the facilitation of pain processing. Non-Hispanic blacks (NHB) more often engage in catastrophizing as a coping strategy compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Hence, pain catastrophizing may contribute to poorer pain-related outcomes and greater disability in NHBs. Functional neuroimaging studies have linked high levels of catastrophizing with...