Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "central sensitization"

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    • Enhanced reactivity to pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis 

      Edwards, Robert R; Wasan, Ajay D.; Bingham, Clifton O. III; Bathon, Joan; Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A.; Smith, Michael T.; Page, Gayle G. (BioMed Central, 2009)
      Introduction: Maladaptive physiological responses to stress appear to play a role in chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, relatively little stress research in RA patients has involved ...

    • Motor Cortex Excitability and BDNF Levels in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain According to Structural Pathology 

      Caumo, Wolnei; Deitos, Alícia; Carvalho, Sandra; Leite, Jorge; Carvalho, Fabiana; Dussán-Sarria, Jairo Alberto; Lopes Tarragó, Maria da Graça; Souza, Andressa; Torres, Iraci Lucena da Silva; Fregni, Felipe (Frontiers Media S.A., 2016)
      The central sensitization syndrome (CSS) encompasses disorders with overlapping symptoms in a structural pathology spectrum ranging from persistent nociception [e.g., osteoarthritis (OA)] to an absence of tissue injuries ...

    • A touchy subject: an assessment of cutaneous allodynia in a chronic migraine population 

      Mathew, Paul G; Cutrer, Fred Michael; Garza, Ivan (Dove Medical Press, 2016)
      Background: Cutaneous allodynia (CA) is a common feature of migraine, which has a complex underlying pathophysiology that is not well understood. In addition to pain, photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia, nausea, and ...