• Exp Brain Res · Jun 2012

    Tissue characteristics during temporal summation of pressure-evoked pain.

    • Sara Finocchietti, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, and Thomas Graven-Nielsen.
    • Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Pain and Motor Control, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D-3, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark.
    • Exp Brain Res. 2012 Jun 1; 219 (2): 255-65.

    AbstractTemporal summation due to repeated pain stimulation of deep somatic structures is facilitated in chronic musculoskeletal pain. In this study, the relation between repeated pressure-induced pain and stress/strain distribution within the deep tissue was evaluated to understand whether tissue characteristics may change during repeated stimulation. This information is important for interpret the pain-evoked responses. The muscle pain intensity was recorded on a 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS) during ten computer-controlled pressure stimulations (3-s interstimulus interval) at pain threshold intensity. The experimental data validated computer models describing the stress/strain time relationship in the deep tissue during pressure stimulation. VAS scores increased progressively with 2.5 ± 0.7 cm during the ten stimuli (P < 0.02) in contrast to the tissue indentation assessed by ultrasound, which was non-significantly changing leading to a mean of 3.4 ± 0.4 mm. The principal stress peaked in the skin was reduced to 16 % in the underlying muscle tissue and not different during the ten stimuli. The peak principal strain in adipose tissue was 0.12; in muscle tissue, it was 0.108 during the first stimulus and increased by 16 % in the tenth stimulus. In a model of a one-stimulus paradigm, it was found that a VAS increase of 2.5 cm required a 47 % increase in muscle strain. These findings show that the increase in muscle strain during repeated pressure stimulations is not sufficient to explain the VAS increase; the temporal summation of deep-tissue pain evoked by repetitive pressure stimulations is not likely to be fully explained by peripheral tissue changes.

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