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. 2013 Jun 10:14:182.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-182.

Stability of conditioned pain modulation in two musculoskeletal pain models: investigating the influence of shoulder pain intensity and gender

Carolina Valencia, Lindsay L Kindler, Roger B Fillingim, Steven Z George

Stability of conditioned pain modulation in two musculoskeletal pain models: investigating the influence of shoulder pain intensity and gender

Carolina Valencia et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Several chronic pain populations have demonstrated decreased conditioned pain modulation (CPM). However there is still a need to investigate the stability of CPM paradigms before the measure can be recommended for implementation. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether shoulder pain intensity and gender influence CPM stability within and between sessions.

Methods: This study examined two different musculoskeletal pain models, clinical shoulder pain and an experimental model of shoulder pain induced with eccentric exercise in healthy participants. Patients in the clinical cohort (N = 134) were tested before surgery and reassessed 3 months post-surgery. The healthy cohort (N = 190) was examined before inducing pain at the shoulder, and 48 and 96 hours later.

Results: Our results provide evidence that 1) stability of inhibition is not related to changes in pain intensity, and 2) there are sex differences for CPM stability within and between days.

Conclusions: Fluctuation of pain intensity did not significantly influence CPM stability. Overall, the more stable situations for CPM were females from the clinical cohort and males from the healthy cohort.

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Figure 1
Significant difference between the absolute difference of within session (trial 1 vs trial 2) before the surgery (session 1) and 3 months after the surgery for the clinical cohort.
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Figure 2
Significant difference between the absolute difference of within session (trial 1 vs trial 2) on day 1, day 3, and day 5 for the healthy cohort.
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Figure 3
Significant difference between the absolute difference of between sessions (day 1, day 3, and day 5) for the healthy cohort.
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