| Autor: |
Olesja Parmová, Stanislav Voháňka, Jana Strenková |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Neurology and Neurotherapy. 1 |
| ISSN: |
2378-3001 |
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Background: Myotonic dystrophy is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. Pain is reported in various hereditary muscular diseases at a frequency of 64%–83%. Methods: A group of 70 patients with myotonic dystrophy (21 persons with type 1 and 49 with type 2) was investigated by means of questionnaires structured around the subject of pain. Results: The frequency of long-term muscle pain was 57% in patients suffering from myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 55% among those with type 2. Presence of pain at examination was reported by 52% of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 59% of patients with type 2. The pain intensity appeared almost identical in the two groups. In terms of pain descriptors, a significant difference was found only in the “gnawing” pain category. The pain reported most often fell into the “aching” and “tiring/exhausting” descriptors. Conclusions: We found no significant differences in the frequency, quality and severity of pain between the different types of the |
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OpenAIRE |
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