Exploring pain & movement relationships

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Rich Shields, and Kathleen Sluka) who were, from the start, generously invested in this journey with me. I appreciate their mentorship and their investment of time and resources in helping me achieve this goal. I would also like to thank Dr. Kelly Cole, who although not on my dissertation committee provided helpful feedback in the earlier stages of these research projects. A special thank you to my advisor, Dr. Laura Frey Law, and to Dr. Kathleen Sluka; their patience and role in my growth and development reminds me of the story Stephen Covey tells about the Chinese Bamboo plant. "After the seed for this amazing tree is planted, you see nothing, absolutely nothing, for four years except for a tiny shoot coming out of a bulb. During those four years, all the growth is underground in a massive, fibrous root structure that spreads deep and wide in the earth. But then in the fifth year the Chinese bamboo tree grows up to eighty feet! Many things in…life are like the Chinese bamboo tree. You work and you invest time and effort, and you do everything you can possibly do to nurture growth, and sometimes you don't see anything for weeks, months, or even years. But if you're patient and keep working and nurturing, that "fifth year" will come, and you will be astonished at the growth and change you see taking place." 1 That I now have an opportunity to someday reach the elusive "fifth year" of growth is in large part due to their patience and mentorship. I'd also like to thank Jason Wu for his LabVIEW coding assistance and IT support. Thank you to