期刊
JOURNAL OF PAIN
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 462-471出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.10.004
关键词
Endogenous pain inhibition; pain facilitation; opioids; chronic pain
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R21DA041020, R01AG034982]
- Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF121]
- International Association for the Study of Pain
- Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP)
It is generally assumed that individuals exhibiting high pain inhibition also tend to exhibit low pain facilitation, but little research has examined this association in individuals with pain. The aims of this cross-sectional study were 1) to examine the association between measures of conditioned pain modulation (CPM) and temporal summation (TS) in individuals with chronic pain, and 2) to examine whether this association was moderated by demographic (age, sex), psychological (depression, cata-strophizing), or medication-related (opioid use) variables. Individuals (N = 190) with back or neck pain completed questionnaires and underwent a series of quantitative sensory testing procedures assessing CPM and TS. Results indicated that individuals with higher levels of CPM showed lower levels of TS, r = -.20, P < .01. Analyses, however, revealed that the magnitude of this association was substantially weaker among opioid users (r= -.08, NS) than nonusers (r = -.34, P < .01). None of the demographic or psychological variables included in our study influenced the association between CPM and TS. The magnitude of CPM was lower for opioid users than nonusers, suggesting that opioid use might dampen the functioning of endogenous pain-inhibitory systems and possibly contribute to a discordance between measures of pain inhibition and pain facilitation. Perspective: Results of the present study indicated that greater endogenous pain-inhibitory capacity is associated with lower levels of pain facilitation. This association, however, was not significant among opioid users, suggesting that opioids might compromise the functioning and interrelationship between endogenous pain modulatory systems. (C) 2018 by the American Pain Society
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