Descending control of nociceptive processing in knee osteoarthritis is associated with intracortical disinhibition : an exploratory study
Visualizar/abrir
Data
2016Autor
Tipo
Abstract
Based on the hypothesis that an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory input is a central mechanism of knee osteoarthritis chronic pain (KOACP), this exploratory study had the following aims: to compare whether the function of the descending inhibitory pain pathway is associated with the state of inhibition in the corticospinal system indexed by the motor-evoked potential (MEP) and the cortical salient period (CSP) in patients with severe osteoarthritis (OA) and healthy controls; and to determi ...
Based on the hypothesis that an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory input is a central mechanism of knee osteoarthritis chronic pain (KOACP), this exploratory study had the following aims: to compare whether the function of the descending inhibitory pain pathway is associated with the state of inhibition in the corticospinal system indexed by the motor-evoked potential (MEP) and the cortical salient period (CSP) in patients with severe osteoarthritis (OA) and healthy controls; and to determine if there is correlation between the measures of intracortical inhibition (CSP, MEP) with changes on the numerical pain scale (NPS [0–10]) in KOACP during a conditioned pain modulation (CPM)-task considering the effect of self-reported function assessed by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and analgesic use. ...
Contido em
Medicine (Baltimore). Baltimore. Vol. 95, no. 17 (Apr. 2016), e3353 [10] p.
Origem
Estrangeiro
Coleções
-
Artigos de Periódicos (39774)Ciências da Saúde (10633)
-
Artigos de Periódicos (39774)Ciências Biológicas (3109)
Este item está licenciado na Creative Commons License