Electronic pressure algometry of deep pain in healthy volunteers

Vatine, Jean-Jacques; Shapira, Shmuel C.; Magora, F; Adler, David; Magora, A

doi:10.1016/0003-9993(93)90118-t

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“…Bone. Mechanical pressure has been applied to different bone structures (e.g., mastoid processes, external malleolus, and sternum) (Vatine et al, 1993). Most studies have used the tibia.…”

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Human Experimental Pain Models for Assessing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Analgesic Drugs

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“…Bone. Mechanical pressure has been applied to different bone structures (e.g., mastoid processes, external malleolus, and sternum) (Vatine et al, 1993). Most studies have used the tibia.…”

Section: B Muscle and Bonementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The application of pressure by a device to a tissue has the advantage of triggering the same type of nociceptors as that of palpation. 2 A controlled application of pressure, as applied with an algometer, may therefore be a more appropriate technique for quantifying pain thresholds and pain tolerance levels of various musculoskeletal tissues. Algometry is also appropriate given the rate of application of pressure and the direction of the pressure being applied can be controlled.…”

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The repeatability of pressure algometry in asymptomatic individuals over consecutive days

Frank

McLaughlin

Vaughan

2013

International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

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“…The volunteers pressed the button when they reached their PPT, and the stimulation was stopped immediately. The 10-mm probe was used as a reference, as this size (~1 cm 2 ) is the standardized size used for pressure stimulation [13,15,16,18,19].…”

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“…Vatine et al also applied pressure pain on different bone structures (e.g. mastoid processes, external malleolus and the sternum) [18]. However, so far, no study has systematically investigated bone pain versus pain simultaneously evoked from other tissues or which probe size would be the most optimal to study pressure-evoked bone-associated pain.…”

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A Human Experimental Bone Pain Model

Pfeiffer-Jensen

Brock

Drewes

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Basic Clin Pharma Tox

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The aim of this study was to develop a human experimental bone pain model. Fourteen healthy men were included in two study sessions. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) was estimated using probes of different sizes. Computer-controlled and handheld algometry were applied to the skin area covering right and left medial tibia before and after local anaesthesia (LA) of the skin and reproducibility was evaluated. Pain experience (McGill questionnaire) was compared between healthy volunteers and 12 patients with vertebral fractures. Computer-controlled algometer: No differences in PPT between study sessions for 6 and 8-mm probes (p = 0.43 and 0.32) were seen. There was a difference in PPT before and after LA for the 6-mm probe (p = 0.008), but not for the 8-mm probe (p = 0.26). Hand-held algometer: A difference in PPT between study sessions was observed for 4-and 8-mm probes (p = 0.03 and 0.007), but not for 2, 6 and 10-mm probes (p = 0.19, 0.05 and 0.25). No differences in PPT were seen before and after LA for 2, 4, 8 and 10-mm probes (p = 0.35, 0.15, 0.08 and 0.53), but LA significantly influenced PPT with the 6-mm probe (p = 0.01). Similar words were chosen in the McGill pain questionnaire by healthy volunteers and patients, qualitatively describing the deep pain sensation. The pain evoked by hand-held algometer and the 2-mm probe was not influenced by LA, and PPT was reproducible between sessions and is recommended for studies of experimentally evoked bone-associated pain.

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Electronic pressure algometry of deep pain in healthy volunteers

Cited by 52 publications

References 20 publications

Human Experimental Pain Models for Assessing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Analgesic Drugs

Human Experimental Pain Models for Assessing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Analgesic Drugs

The repeatability of pressure algometry in asymptomatic individuals over consecutive days

A Human Experimental Bone Pain Model

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