Intrinsic attention to pain is associated with a pronociceptive phenotype
| Autor: | Greig Adams, Richard Harrison, Wiebke Gandhi, Carien M. van Reekum, Tim V. Salomons |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | PAIN Reports, Vol 6, Iss 2, p e934 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2471-2531 00000000 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000934 |
| Popis: | Abstract. Introduction:. Evidence suggests that attention to pain is a product of both incoming sensory signals and cognitive evaluation of a stimulus. Intrinsic attention to pain (IAP) is a measure that captures an individual's natural tendency to attend to a painful stimulus and may be important in understanding why pain disrupts cognitive functioning in some individuals more than others. Objective:. In this study, we explored the extent to which IAP was associated with the modulation of incoming sensory signals characteristic of a pronociceptive phenotype: temporal summation (TS) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM). Method:. 44 healthy participants (23 female; Mage=23.57, S.D.=5.50) were assessed on IAP, TS and CPM. Results:. We found that IAP was positively correlated with TS and CPM. A regression model showed that TS and CPM explained 39% of the variance in IAP scores. Both mechanisms seem to contribute independently to the propensity to attend to pain. Conclusion:. These findings highlight that modulatory mechanisms at the spinal/supraspinal level exert a strong influence on an individual's ability to disengage from pain. |
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