Pain hypersensitivity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a quantitative sensory testing study [PDF]
Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common cause of non-infectious joint inflammation in children. Synovial inflammation results in pain, swelling and stiffness.
Berde, Charles B +11 more
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Objective To investigate whether persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with more pronounced pericranial tenderness and lower pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) in the head and neck region, compared ...
Håkan Ashina +5 more
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Concept of a complex therapy in restorative treatment of discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathies.
Currently, the treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathy (LSR) is an urgent problem due to the frequent chronic pain syndrome, the lack of a unified methodological approach to the recommendations, taking into account the pathological characteristics of the ...
L. A. Dzyak, O. O. Shulga
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Background A mechanism-based approach to the evaluation and management of pain has been suggested across disciplines in contemporary research. However, the translation of pain mechanism assessment strategies in research to clinical practice is unclear ...
Dhinu J. Jayaseelan +2 more
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Multicenter assessment of quantitative sensory testing (QST) for the detection of neuropathic-like pain responses using the topical capsaicin model [PDF]
Background: The use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in multicenter studies has been quite limited, due in part to lack of standardized procedures among centers. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the application of the capsaicin pain model
Bushnell, M. Catherine +13 more
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Somatosensory and Gustatory Profiling in the Orofacial Region
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a standard procedure in medicine to describe sensory patterns in various pathologies. The aim of this prospective clinical study was to define reference values of the trigeminal nerve (V3), including taste qualities,
Amely Hartmann +5 more
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Development and initial validation of a sensory threshold examination protocol (STEP) for phenotyping canine pain syndromes [PDF]
Objective To study feasibility and test-retest repeatability of a sensory threshold examination protocol (STEP) and report quantitative sensory threshold distributions in healthy dogs.
Abeyesinghe, S M +5 more
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Bilateral sensory abnormalities in patients with unilateral neuropathic pain; a quantitative sensory testing (QST) study. [PDF]
In patients who experience unilateral chronic pain, abnormal sensory perception at the non-painful side has been reported. Contralateral sensory changes in these patients have been given little attention, possibly because they are regarded as clinically ...
Karl-Heinz Konopka +8 more
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Mind-reading versus neuromarketing: how does a product make an impact on the consumer? [PDF]
Purpose – This research study aims to illustrate the mapping of each consumer’s mental processes in a market-relevant context. This paper shows how such maps deliver operational insights that cannot be gained by physical methods such as brain imaging.
Booth, David A, Freeman, Richard P J
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Factors such as gender, ethnicity, and age affect pain processing in children and adolescents with chronic pain. Although obesity has been shown to affect pain processing in adults, almost nothing is known about pediatric populations.
Keri R. Hainsworth +5 more
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