Somatosensory abnormalities at baseline and follow-up in patients developing post-stroke shoulder pain

Roosink, M. and Renzenbrink, G.J. and Buitenweg, J.R. and Dongen van, R.T.M. and Geurts, A.C.H. and IJzerman, M.J. (2010) Somatosensory abnormalities at baseline and follow-up in patients developing post-stroke shoulder pain. In: 13th World Congress on Pain, IASP 2010, 29 August - 2 September 2010, Montreal, Canada.

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Abstract:	Post-stroke shoulder pain (PSSP) is traditionally regarded as a peripheral nociceptive pain. However, treatment aimed at peripheral pain mechanisms is often unsatisfactory and pain is persistent in a significant amount of patients. In addition, several signs of central sensitization (allodynia, generalized hyperalgesia) have been observed in patients with chronic PSSP, suggesting that central pain processing may be altered in these patients. To better understand the role of peripheral and central mechanisms in the development of PSSP we investigated pain complaints and somatosensory functions at baseline and two consecutive follow-up time frames.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) Management and Governance (SMG)
Research Group:	Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS) Health Technology & Services Research (HTSR)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/74551
Organisation URL:	http://www.iasp-pain.org/
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