Received: 22 April 2008 / Accepted: 19 September 2008
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Abstract The paper develops a new theory of chronic pain and pain relief by extracorporeal shock wave treat- ment. Chronic pain without underlying anatomical disorder is looked at as a pathological control function of memory. Conditioned reXexes are considered to be engraved mem- ory traces linking sensory input of aVerent signals with motor response of eVerent signals.