Multimodal assessment of pain in the esophagus: a new experimental model

Abstract

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Associations between Sensorimotor, Autonomic and Central Neuropathies in Diabetes Mellitus

“…Hence, we instructed subjects in use of the modified 0-10 electronic Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), which has been widely used in sensory experiments [19]. The use of VAS was facilitated through anchor words, where 0=no perception; 1=first perception, 3=vague perception of moderate sensation; 5=pain detection threshold; 7=moderate pain and 10=worst perceivable pain.…”

A Paradigm-Shift in Pain Medicine

“…Combining different stimulation approaches permits more complete quantification of nociceptive system state under normal and pathophysiological conditions 86,87 . The painful test stimuli can be varied by type, location and tissue stimulated.…”

Biomechanical functional and sensory modelling of the gastrointestinal tract

“…A simple impedance technique has been used extensively to determine the luminal CSA in the hollow organs of the body and, in particular, in the GI organs (Drewes et al 2002(Drewes et al , 2003 planimetry was recently further developed into multi-electrode systems for the purpose of measuring a number of cross sections inside a saline-filled bag (Andersen et al 2004) and in the oesophago-gastric junction (OGJ; McMahon et al 2004); that is, a functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) to measure eight CSAs has been developed. FLIP is a new technique to provide serial luminal images of the functioning digestive tract using multiple electrical impedance recordings within a bag placed in the GI lumen.…”