Somatic Pain Sensitivity in Children With Recurrent Abdominal Pain
| Autor: | Herta Flor, Katrin Zohsel, Johanna Hohmeister, Christiane Hermann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male
Pain Threshold Abdominal pain Adolescent Tonic (physiology) Recurrence Risk Factors Physical Stimulation Threshold of pain medicine Noxious stimulus Humans Child Sensitization Hypoalgesia Hepatology business.industry fungi Gastroenterology Hand Abdominal Pain body regions Viscera medicine.anatomical_structure Hyperalgesia Case-Control Studies Anesthesia Abdomen Female sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103:1517-1523 |
| ISSN: | 1572-0241 0002-9270 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01911.x |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Evidence is accumulating that recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children is associated with visceral hyperalgesia. However, it is not known whether somatic sensitivity is altered as well. Therefore, the aim of our study was to assess somatic pain sensitivity in children with RAP and healthy controls at the abdomen and a distal site (thenar). METHODS: We examined 20 children with RAP (age 8-14) and 23 healthy control children (age 9-14). Heat and mechanical pain thresholds as well as measures of perceptual sensitization in response to repetitive mechanical or tonic thermal noxious stimulation were assessed. RESULTS: At the abdominal site, pain sensitivity in children with RAP did not differ significantly when compared to controls. At the thenar, pain thresholds of children in the RAP group were not significantly different from control children. However, children with RAP showed less perceptual sensitization in response to tonic heat and repetitive mechanical stimuli (ps |
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