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ReviewArthritis research & therapy2006

Arthritis and pain. Neurogenic origin of joint pain.

Jason J McDougall

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Review in Arthritis research & therapy, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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95citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011
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  4. Convection-basedWorld journal of experimental medicine · 2026
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  5. Measuring Joint Pain Through Tibiofemoral Flexion: A Novel Approach to Assess Pain Behavior and Analgesic Profiles in Rats.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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  11. Mechanism-based nonopioid analgesic targets.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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  13. Direct Effects of the Janus Kinase Inhibitor Baricitinib on Sensory Neurons.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jason J McDougallDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada. mcdougaj@ucalgary.ca

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arthritis pain affects millions of people worldwide yet we still have only a limited understanding of what makes our joints ache. This review examines the sensory innervation of diarthroidal joints and discusses the neurophysiological processes that lead to the generation of painful sensation. During inflammation, joint nerves become sensitized to mechanical stimuli through the actions of neuropeptides, eicosanoids, proteinase-activated receptors and ion channel ligands. The contribution of immunocytes to arthritis pain is also reviewed. Finally, the existence of an endogenous analgesic system in joints is considered and the reasons for its inability to control pain are postulated.

Indexed as

ArthritisHumansInflammationJointsMast CellsNeurogenic InflammationNociceptorsPain

Identifiers

PMID17118212
PMCPMC1794504

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