Michael Mansfield is a Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham. Michael’s research interests include the detection and interpretation of nociception and how this may influence or interact with function, disability and prognosis across a range of patient populations and diseases. Michael will develop a line of research at CPR Spine utilising psychophysics research methodologies to determine somatosensory profiles of patients with spinal pain. His research profile can be found by accessing this ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-8247