1
|
Knezevic A, Kovacevic M, Jeremic-Knezevic M, Nikolasevic Z, Tomasevic-Todorovic S, Zivanovic Z, Spasojevic T, Garipi E, Vojnovic L, Popovic D, Neblett R. Patients with neuropathic pain from lumbosacral radiculopathy demonstrate similar pressure pain thresholds and conditioned pain modulation to those with fibromyalgia. Neurophysiol Clin 2023; 53:102841. [PMID: 36716611 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2022.102841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to evaluate pain thresholds, impairment of the endogenous pain modulatory system, and self-reported cognitive-emotional and central sensitization-related symptoms among three subject groups: a rarely studied patient cohort with neuropathic pain from lumbosacral radiculopathy (NPLSR), patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy controls (HC). METHODS Patient-reported pain-related symptomology was evaluated with psychometricallyvalidated questionnaires. Pressure pain threshold (PPT), heat pain threshold (HPT), and cold pain threshold (CPT) were assessed in the low back and contralateral forearm. Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) was evaluated with a recently introduced methodology that accounts for a standard error of measurement. RESULTS Compared to the HC subjects, the FM and NPLSR subjects had significantly lower pain thresholds and more CPM impairment. No significant differences in PPT and CPM were observed between the FM and NPLSR groups. Significant group differences were found in self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and central sensitization. Self-reported symptom severity increased in a stair-step fashion, with the HC group scoring lowest and FM group scoring highest. CONCLUSION The NPLSR group manifested CPM dysfunction and pressure hyperalgesia at similar levels to the FM group, indicating that these two chronic pain syndromes, likely based on different pathophysiological mechanisms, in fact share some common pain processing features. However, though both patient groups demonstrated similarities in pain processing, self-reported cognitive-emotional and central sensitization-related symptom severity was significantly higher in the FM cohort, which distinguished them from the chronic NPLSR cohort.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Aleksandar Knezevic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia.
| | | | | | | | - Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | - Zeljko Zivanovic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Neurology Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | - Tijana Spasojevic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | - Enis Garipi
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | - Larisa Vojnovic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | - Dunja Popovic
- Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Rehabilitation Clinic University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Serbia
| | | |
Collapse
|
2
|
Christensen SWM, Almsborg, M. H, Vain, M. TS, Vaegter HB. The Effect of Virtual Reality on Cold Pain Sensitivity in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Pain-Free Individuals: A Randomized Crossover Study. Games Health J 2022. [DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2022.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Steffan Wittrup McPhee Christensen
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Physiotherapy, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark
| | - Heidi Almsborg, M.
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
- Multidisciplinary Pain Center Naestved, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
| | - Thomas Søgaard Vain, M.
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
- Smertefys.nu, Physiotherapy Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Henrik Bjarke Vaegter
- Pain Research Group, Pain Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Deng EZ, Weikel DP, Martucci KT. Evaluation by Survival Analysis of Cold Pain Tolerance in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Opioid Use. J Pain Res 2022; 15:2783-2799. [PMID: 36111289 PMCID: PMC9470281 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s368805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose The cold pressor test (CPT) is a clinical pain research method used to measure cold pain tolerance. During this test, participants immerse an extremity (ie, hand or foot) into cold water for as long as tolerable. The duration of the test (traditionally up to an experimentally imposed cut-off at 2 minutes) indicates the amount of cold pain tolerance by the participant. Prior research studies have investigated cold pain tolerance in patients with chronic pain. However, few of these studies have used survival analysis, which allows for proper handling of data censoring and is therefore, an optimal statistical method for CPT data analysis. The goal of the present study was to use survival analysis to evaluate cold pain tolerance in patients with fibromyalgia. Furthermore, we aimed to model relationships between psychological and clinical variables as well as opioid medication use and cold pain tolerance. Patients and Methods A total of 85 patients with fibromyalgia (42 who were taking opioids) and 47 healthy pain-free controls provided CPT and questionnaire data (collected across 2 study sites) for a case-control study. We used survival analysis using Cox regression to evaluate group differences (patients vs controls) in cold pain tolerance and to evaluate cold pain tolerance relationships with psychological, clinical, and medication use. Results As compared to healthy controls, patients with fibromyalgia exhibited significantly lower CPT survival (HR = 2.17, 95% CI: [1.42, 3.31], p = 0.00035). As indicated by Cox regression models, the significant group difference in CPT survival did not relate to our selected psychological and clinical measures (p > 0.05). The groups of non-opioid-taking patients and healthy controls showed consistent CPT survival across study sites. However, patients taking opioid pain medications showed differences in CPT survival across study sites. Conclusion By using survival analysis, an optimal method for time-to-event pain measures such as the CPT, we confirmed previously identified reductions in cold pain tolerance in patients with fibromyalgia. While our selected psychological and clinical measures were not significantly associated with cold pain tolerance, our data suggest that opioid medication use may impart greater cold pain tolerance in some patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Eden Z Deng
- Human Affect and Pain Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Biostatistics Group, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Daniel P Weikel
- Biostatistics Group, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Katherine T Martucci
- Human Affect and Pain Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Biostatistics Group, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Paolucci T, Agostini F, Mangone M, Torquati A, Scienza S, Sorgi ML, Pellicano GR, Lai C, Bernetti A, Paoloni M. Effects of a motor imagery-based exercise protocol on chronic pain and emotional distress in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: A pilot study. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 2022; 35:403-412. [PMID: 34250931 DOI: 10.3233/bmr-200328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition characterized by widespread muscular or musculoskeletal pain of at least 3 months' duration, occurring above and below the waist, on both sides of the body. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program based on motor imagery versus a conventional exercise program in FM in terms of pain, functional and psychological outcomes. METHODS Twenty-nine female subjects were randomly assigned to a group receiving motor imagery-based rehabilitation (MIG) or to a control group (CG) performing conventional rehabilitation. Outcome assessments were performed before (T0) and after 10 sessions of treatment (T1) and at a 12-week follow-up (T2). Pain, function and psychological measurements were conducted by means of different questionnaires. RESULTS Both treatments improved all outcomes at post-treatment (T1) and follow-up (T2). The MIG showed a significant improvement in anxiety disorder associated with FM with respect to the CG, as well as improvements in coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS Rehabilitation treatment based on motor imagery showed a stronger effect on anxiety and coping behavior than traditional physiotherapy in patients with FM. Integrated psychological support would be desirable in this setting. Further research is needed to explore the aspects investigated in more depth.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Teresa Paolucci
- Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
| | - Francesco Agostini
- Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Massimiliano Mangone
- Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Andrea Torquati
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, MultiMedica IRCCS, Limbiate - Monza-Brianza, Italy
| | - Simona Scienza
- Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Maria Laura Sorgi
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Gaia Romana Pellicano
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Carlo Lai
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Andrea Bernetti
- Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Marco Paoloni
- Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Sensory characteristics and chronic facial pain conditions: Cross-sectional study. Arch Oral Biol 2022; 135:105361. [PMID: 35121263 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2022.105361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES This study investigated patients with neuropathic, myofascial and other orofacial pain conditions according to the differences and similarities of the sensory profile, and the association between sensory findings and neuropathic or non-neuropathic conditions. DESIGN 132 healthy controls were compared with 174 orofacial pain patients that were classified into three groups (neuropathic, masticatory myofascial and other orofacial pain condition) and evaluated with a systematized protocol of sensory testing. Data were analyzed with chi-quare and Bonferroni correction (categorical data), Student´s t test, oneway ANOVA, Tukey (quantitative features), Pearson´s coefficient for correlations and logistic regression. RESULTS Cold, olfactory and superficial pain thresholds were higher in the group of neuropathic facial pain compared with the other groups, and the highest vibratory thresholds were observed in the group of other orofacial pain conditions. Deep pain thresholds were statistically lower in the group with masticatory myofascial pain. CONCLUSIONS Positive sensory findings (eg. hyperalgesia) were more common in the group of patients with masticatory myofascial pain, supporting inflammatory systemic mechanisms, and negative sensory findings not restricted to the trigeminal nerve (eg. hypoesthesia, hyposmia) were more frequent in patients with neuropathic conditions. Non-classical neuropathic orofacial pains also showed sensory impairment from pain chronification and from the overlap with functional disorders.
Collapse
|
6
|
Petersen MW, Skovbjerg S, Jensen JS, Wisbech Carstensen TB, Dantoft TM, Fink P, Benros ME, Mortensen EL, Jørgensen T, Gormsen LK. Conditioned pain modulation and pain sensitivity in functional somatic disorders: The DanFunD study. Eur J Pain 2021; 26:154-166. [PMID: 34309927 PMCID: PMC9292427 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Background Disrupted pain regulation has been proposed as a component in functional somatic disorders (FSD). The objective of this study was to examine a general population sample, encompassing three delimitations of FSD while assessing pain sensitivity and conditioning pain modulation (CPM). Methods Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) at the tibialis and trapezius muscles were recorded at baseline. During cold pressor stimulation of the hand, the tibialis PPTs were re‐assessed and the difference from baseline measures defined the CPM effect. Participants (n = 2,198, 53% females) were randomly selected from the adult Danish population. FSD was established by self‐reported symptom questionnaires. Results With a few exceptions, only weak associations were seen between PPTs and CPM in cases with FSD (p > .1). A high PPT was associated with lower odds of having multi‐organ bodily distress syndrome (ORPPT trapezius: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.49–0.88, p = .005), with the symptom profile characterized by all symptoms (ORPPT trapezius: 0.72, 95% CI: 0.58–0.90, p = .003 and ORPPT tibialis: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.62–0.91, p = .004), and with multiple chemical sensitivity (ORPPT trapezius: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.67–0.97, p = .022). High CPM was associated with high odds of having irritable bowel (ORCPM relative: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.04–1.43, p = .013 and ORCPM absolute = 2.66, 95% CI: 1.07–6.45, p = .033). Conclusion However, only PPT measured over the trapezius muscle were still significant after correction for multiple testing for the symptom profile characterized by all symptoms. Findings from this study do not support altered pain regulation in questionnaire‐based FSD which is in contrast with the existing presumption. Further epidemiological studies in this field are needed. Significance Disrupted pain regulation as measured by abnormal pain thresholds has been hypothesized as a central mechanism in Functional Somatic Disorders (FSD). The hypothesis has been raised in clinical setting where patients presented subjective and objective features of hypersensitivity. The present population‐based study does not support this notion. This points to the importance of further studies into the underlying pathophysiology mechanisms of FSD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Marie Weinreich Petersen
- Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Sine Skovbjerg
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Capital Region and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, The Danish Center for Mindfulness, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Jens Søndergaard Jensen
- Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Tina Birgitte Wisbech Carstensen
- Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Thomas Meinertz Dantoft
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Capital Region and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Per Fink
- Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
| | | | - Erik Lykke Mortensen
- Department of Public health, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Torben Jørgensen
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Capital Region and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Public health, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
| | - Lise Kirstine Gormsen
- Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Abstract
Women who develop bladder pain syndrome (BPS), irritable bowel syndrome, or dyspareunia frequently have an antecedent history of dysmenorrhea. Despite the high prevalence of menstrual pain, its role in chronic pelvic pain emergence remains understudied. We systematically characterized bladder, body, and vaginal mechanical sensitivity with quantitative sensory testing in women with dysmenorrhea (DYS, n = 147), healthy controls (HCs) (n = 37), and women with BPS (n = 25). Previously, we have shown that a noninvasive, bladder-filling task identified a subset of women with both dysmenorrhea and silent bladder pain hypersensitivity, and we repeated this to subtype dysmenorrhea sufferers in this study (DYSB; n = 49). DYS, DYSB, and BPS participants had lower vaginal mechanical thresholds and reported more pain to a cold stimulus during a conditioned pain modulation task and greater pelvic examination after-pain than HCs (P's < 0.05). DYSB participants also had reduced body mechanical thresholds and less conditioned pain modulation compared to HCs and DYS participants (P's < 0.05). Comparing quantitative sensory testing results among the DYS and HC groups only, provoked bladder pain was the only significant predictor of self-reported menstrual pain (r = 0.26), bladder pain (r = 0.57), dyspareunia (r = 0.39), and bowel pain (r = 0.45). Our findings of widespread sensory sensitivity in women with dysmenorrhea and provoked bladder pain, much like that observed in chronic pain, suggest a need to study the trajectory of altered mechanisms of pain processing in preclinical silent visceral pain phenotypes to understand which features convey inexorable vs modifiable risk.
Collapse
|
8
|
Ciprandi G, Silvestri M, Tosca MA. Visual analog scale for assessing the perception of short-acting β2-agonist use in clinical practice. Lung India 2019; 36:82-83. [PMID: 30604716 PMCID: PMC6330800 DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_370_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Giorgio Ciprandi
- Department of Medicine, Respiratory Allergy, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
| | - Michela Silvestri
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
| | - Maria Angela Tosca
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Rice DA, Parker RS, Lewis GN, Kluger MT, McNair PJ. Pain Catastrophizing is Not Associated With Spinal Nociceptive Processing in People With Chronic Widespread Pain. Clin J Pain 2018; 33:804-810. [PMID: 27930392 PMCID: PMC5638430 DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Objectives: Pain catastrophizing has been associated with higher pain intensity, increased risk of developing chronic pain and poorer outcomes after treatment. Despite this, the mechanisms by which pain catastrophizing influences pain remain poorly understood. It has been hypothesized that pain catastrophizing may impair descending inhibition of spinal level nociception. The aims of this study were to compare spinal nociceptive processing in people with chronic widespread pain and pain-free controls and examine potential relationships between measures of pain catastrophizing and spinal nociception. Materials and Methods: Twenty-six patients with chronic widespread pain and 22 pain-free individuals participated in this study. Spinal nociception was measured using the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) threshold and NFR inhibition, measured as the change in NFR area during exposure to a second, painful conditioning stimulus (cold water immersion). Pain catastrophizing was assessed using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and a situational pain catastrophizing scale. Results: Compared with pain-free controls, patients with chronic widespread pain had higher pain catastrophizing scores and lower NFR thresholds. Although NFR area was reduced by a painful conditioning stimulus in controls, this was not apparent in individuals with chronic widespread pain. No significant correlations were observed between measures of pain catastrophizing and spinal nociception. Discussion: Despite increased excitability and decreased inhibition of spinal nociception in patients with chronic widespread pain, we could find no evidence of a significant relationship between pain catastrophizing and measures of spinal nociceptive processing.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- David A Rice
- *Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Departments of †Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Waitemata Pain Services ‡Physiotherapy, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
10
|
Baastrup S, Schultz R, Brødsgaard I, Moore R, Jensen TS, Vase Toft L, Bach FW, Rosenberg R, Gormsen L. A comparison of coping strategies in patients with fibromyalgia, chronic neuropathic pain, and pain-free controls. Scand J Psychol 2016; 57:516-522. [PMID: 27558974 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Patients suffering from chronic pain may benefit from learning adaptive coping strategies. Consensus on efficient strategies for this group of patients is, however, lacking, and previous studies have shown inconsistent results. The present study has examined coping strategies in two distinctly different groups of chronic pain patients and a group of healthy controls. Thirty neuropathic pain (NP) patients, 28 fibromyalgia (FM) patients, and 26 pain-free healthy controls completed the Coping Strategy Questionnaire (CSQ-48/27) and rated their daily pain. The results showed that FM and NP patients did not cope differently with pain. The only difference between the groups was that FM patients felt more in control of their pain than NP patients. Both patient groups used more maladaptive/passive coping strategies, but surprisingly also more adaptive/active coping strategies than healthy controls. However, FM patients with high levels of passive strategies felt less in control than FM patients with low levels of passive strategies. This was not seen in NP patients. An important implication for clinical practice is therefore that passive coping strategies should be restructured into active ones, especially for FM patients. Otherwise, the same psychological treatment model can be applied to both groups since they use similar coping styles.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sidsel Baastrup
- Cognitive Psychology Unit, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
| | - Rikke Schultz
- The Research Unit for General Practice, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Inger Brødsgaard
- Department of Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Rod Moore
- Royal Dental College, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Troels S Jensen
- Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Lene Vase Toft
- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Flemming W Bach
- Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Raben Rosenberg
- Department of Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
| | - Lise Gormsen
- The Research Unit for General Practice, Copenhagen, Denmark. .,Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Abstract
Fibromyalgia is a disorder that is part of a spectrum of syndromes that lack precise classification. It is often considered as part of the global overview of functional somatic syndromes that are otherwise medically unexplained or part of a somatization disorder. Patients with fibromyalgia share symptoms with other functional somatic problems, including issues of myalgias, arthralgias, fatigue and sleep disturbances. Indeed, there is often diagnostic and classification overlap for the case definitions of a variety of somatization disorders. Fibromyalgia, however, is a critically important syndrome for physicians and scientists to be aware of. Patients should be taken very seriously and provided optimal care. Although inflammatory, infectious, and autoimmune disorders have all been ascribed to be etiological events in the development of fibromyalgia, there is very little data to support such a thesis. Many of these disorders are associated with depression and anxiety and may even be part of what has been sometimes called affected spectrum disorders. There is no evidence that physical trauma, i.e., automobile accidents, is associated with the development or exacerbation of fibromyalgia. Treatment should be placed on education, patient support, physical therapy, nutrition, and exercise, including the use of drugs that are approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Treatment should not include opiates and patients should not become poly pharmacies in which the treatment itself can lead to significant morbidities. Patients with fibromyalgia are living and not dying of this disorder and positive outlooks and family support are key elements in the management of patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Andrea T Borchers
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
| | - M Eric Gershwin
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6510, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Kosek E. Spontaneous pain is reduced by conditioning pain modulation in peripheral neuropathy but not in fibromyalgia—Implications for different pain mechanisms. Scand J Pain 2012; 3:113-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2012.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eva Kosek
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience , Karolinska Institute , Retzius väg 8, 171 77 Stockholm , Sweden
| |
Collapse
|