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Pressure pain sensitivity topographical maps reveal bilateral hyperalgesia of the hands in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.

dc.contributor.authorFernandez de las Peñas, Cesar
dc.contributor.authorMadeleine, Pascal
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Pérez, Almudena
dc.contributor.authorArendt-Nielsen, Lars
dc.contributor.authorJiménez García, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorPareja, Juan Antonio
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-07T10:48:02Z
dc.date.available2014-11-07T10:48:02Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationArthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Aug;62(8):1055-64es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10115/12597
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To assess topographical pressure pain sensitivity maps of the hand in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) as compared with healthy subjects. METHODS: A total of 20 women with CTS (ages 32-52 years) and 20 healthy matched women (ages 32-51 years) were recruited. Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were measured bilaterally over 30 locations of the palm of each hand by an assessor blinded to the subjects' conditions. RESULTS: Patients showed lower PPTs in both hands in all of the measurement points as compared with controls (P < 0.001 for all). PPTs were lower in those points over the proximal phalanx of the fingers and the thenar eminency as compared with those points located over the distal phalanx of the fingers (P < 0.001). CTS patients showed lower PPT levels in dermatomes C6, C7, and C8 when compared with healthy controls (P < 0.001 for all), but without differences between dermatomes (P = 0.4). PPT was negatively correlated with both hand pain intensity and duration of symptoms (P < 0.001 for all). CONCLUSION: Our findings revealed bilateral generalized pressure pain hyperalgesia in unilateral CTS because lower PPT levels were found in all of the points. The pressure pain hyperalgesia was not uniformly distributed since PPTs were lower in points over the proximal phalanx of the fingers and the thenar eminency as compared with those points located over the distal phalanx of the fingers. The decrease in PPT levels was associated with the intensity and the duration of the pain symptoms, supporting a role of both peripheral and central sensitization mechanisms in this pain condition.es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherArthritis Care Researches
dc.subjectCarpal tunnel syndromees
dc.subjectHandes
dc.subjectPressure paines
dc.titlePressure pain sensitivity topographical maps reveal bilateral hyperalgesia of the hands in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.es
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees
dc.identifier.doi0.1002/acr.20189es
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.unesco3207.11 Neuropatologíaes
dc.description.departamentoFisioterapia, Terapia Ocupacional, Rehabilitación y Medicina Física


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