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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 10, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm10163597
Keywords
thermal grill illusion; pain; temperature; review
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- Institutes of Science and Technology
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The thermal grill illusion is a paradoxical perception of burning heat and pain caused by simultaneous warm and cold stimuli on the skin. It is generated by supraspinal interactions and the intensity can be affected by factors such as chronic pain, genetic factors, and sexual differences.
The thermal grill illusion (TGI) is a paradoxical perception of burning heat and pain resulting from the simultaneous application of interlaced warm and cold stimuli to the skin. The TGI is considered a type of chronic centralized pain and has been used to apply nociceptive stimuli without inflicting harm to human participants in the study of pain mechanisms. In addition, the TGI is an interesting phenomenon for researchers, and various topics related to the TGI have been investigated in several studies, which we will review here. According to previous studies, the TGI is generated by supraspinal interactions. To evoke the TGI, cold and warm cutaneous stimuli should be applied within the same dermatome or across dermatomes corresponding to adjacent spinal segments, and a significant difference between cold and warm temperatures is necessary. In addition, due the presence of chronic pain, genetic factors, and sexual differences, the intensity of the TGI can differ. In addition, cold noxious stimulation, topical capsaicin, analgesics, self-touch, and the presence of psychological diseases can decrease the intensity of the TGI. Because the TGI corresponds to chronic centralized pain, we believe that the findings of previous studies can be applied to future studies to identify chronic pain mechanisms and clinical practice for pain management.
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