Evaluation of pain threshold using a simple pressure algometer

Buchanan, H M; Midgley, J A

doi:10.1007/bf02330587

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“…For this report we used information on lumbar curvature, pain on active movement, a graded lumbar pain provocation test [21], lumbar pain threshold [5,6], neuromuscular control [15,32] as judged by the therapist, and a test of the ability to activate the lumbar multifidus muscles [29]. An overview of the variables is given in Table 2.…”

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Modic changes and their associations with clinical findings

et al. 2006

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It is believed that disc degeneration (DD) is, in general, only mildly associated with low back pain (LBP). MRI-identified Modic changes (MC), probably a late stage of DD, are relatively strongly associated with LBP but it is not known if people with MC also have a specific clinical profile. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the clinical findings differ in people with Modic changes (MC) as compared to those with only degenerative disc findings or none at all. In a population-based sample of 412 40-year-old Danes, information was collected independently with MRI, questionnaires and clinical examination. Three subgroups of people were created: those with both DD and MC, those with only DD, and those with neither DD nor MC. The clinical pattern was investigated for each subgroup in order to test the assumption that the clinical picture differs in the three groups. It was expected that people with both DD and MC would have a more pronounced clinical profile than those with only DD who, in turn, would differ from those with neither of these two MRI findings. Our findings were generally in concordance with our expectations. MC constitutes the crucial element in the degenerative process around the disc in relation to LBP, history, and clinical findings. People with DD and no MC only vaguely differ from those without. People with LBP and MC may deserve to be diagnosed as having specific LBP.

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Modic changes and their associations with clinical findings

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“…Such situations are inherent in sport activity, and coping with them is a way of reacting to stress. Results of numerous studies on athletes confirm that pain tolerance is strongly modulated by psychological and psychosocial factors [15,16]. It can be assumed that effective coping with stress improves pain management.…”

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Sensitivity to pain and strategies of coping with stress in combat athletes

Leźnicka¹,

Starkowska²,

Lulinska³

et al. 2017

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Background: The aim of the study was to assess the perception of pain (threshold and tolerance to pain of the combat athletes in comparison to those not practicing any sport and checking whether there is a correlation between the pain perception and strategies for coping with stress in both studied groups.Material/Methods: The study was conducted on 273 healthy men. The test group consisted of 203 athletes; the control group consisted of 70 students from the Faculty of Physical Culture, University of Szczecin. The test of the threshold and pain tolerance was performed using an algometer manufactured by Quirumed Company. To assess strategies of coping with stress, the Inventory Measuring Coping Skills -Mini-Cope was used.Results: Thetestresultsoffeelingpainatrestshowedthattheathletesachievedsignificantlyhigher threshold and pain tolerance compared to non-athletes. Combat athletes often deal with the problem in a proactive manner.Conclusions: Compared to the control group, athletes have less sensitivity to pain. Compared with nonathletes, athletes are more likely to cope with stress in an active way and reveal stronger tendency to see positive sides of a problem.

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“…Pain thresholds can be given as separate pressure limits for the static and dynamic case. The lowest Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT's) reported in literature refer to the temporal areas of the head [17], [18], with maximum static pressure of σ s,max = 150 kN /m 2 and maximum dynamic pressure of σ c,max = 250 kN /m 2 . As was shown in [13], unconstrained collisions (depicted in Fig.…”

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Investigation of safety in human-robot-interaction for a series elastic, tendon-driven robot arm

Lens

Stryk

2012

2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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Abstract-This paper presents the design of the lightweight BioRob manipulator with spring-loaded tendon-driven actuation developed for safe physical human-robot interaction. The safety of the manipulator is analyzed by an analytical worstcase estimation of impact and clamping forces in the absence of collision detection. As intrinsic joint compliance can pose a threat by storing energy, a safety evaluation method is proposed taking the potential energy stored in the elastic actuation into account. The evaluation shows that the robot arm design constrains the worst case clamping forces to only 25 N, while being able to handle loads up to 2 kg, and inherits extremely low impact properties, such as an effective mass of less than 0.4 kg in non near-singular configurations, enabling safe operation even in case of high velocities. The results are validated in simulation and experiments.

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Evaluation of pain threshold using a simple pressure algometer

Cited by 80 publications

References 23 publications

Modic changes and their associations with clinical findings

Modic changes and their associations with clinical findings

Sensitivity to pain and strategies of coping with stress in combat athletes

Investigation of safety in human-robot-interaction for a series elastic, tendon-driven robot arm

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