ArticleActa myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology2015
Multidimensional aspects of pain in myotonic dystrophies.
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- Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Adult-Onset Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: A Systematic Review.The patient · 2019Pooled it
- A mouse model of myotonic dystrophy type 1 exhibits pain-like behavior and peripheral nociceptor hyperexcitability.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Pain Experiences and Prescription Pain Medications Among People With Selected Muscular Dystrophies in the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network.Muscle & nerve · 2025Article
- Mouse models of non-dystrophic and dystrophic myotonia exhibit nociplastic pain-like behaviors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Small and large fiber neuropathy in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Characterization of the neuropathic pain component contributing to myalgia in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 2.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- A diagnostic support system based on pain drawings: binary and k-disease classification of EDS, GBS, FSHD, PROMM, and a control group with Pain2D.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2023Article
- Pain and Motor Function in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Pain within Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9 and Implications for Other Degenerative Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Pain in adult myotonic dystrophy type 1: relation to function and gender.BMC neurology · 2021Article
- Genotype-Phenotype Correlations and Characterization of Medication Use in Inherited Myotonic Disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Summary of Selected Healthcare Encounters among a Selection of Patients with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy.Southern medical journal · 2019Article
- Disease burden of myotonic dystrophy type 1.Journal of neurology · 2019Observational
- Sleep Complaints, Sleep and Breathing Disorders in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2019Review
- Myotonic Dystrophies: Targeting Therapies for Multisystem Disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2018Review
- Chronic pain has a strong impact on quality of life in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.Muscle & nerve · 2018Article
- Biomolecular diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 2: a challenging approach.Journal of neurology · 2017Review
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2 and modifier genes: an update on clinical and pathomolecular aspects.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Review
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Abstract
To analyze the frequency and intensity of pain and its association with different characteristics of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2), 52 adult genetically confirmed DM1 and 44 DM2 patients completed the Brief Pain Inventory questionnaire (BPI). Frequency and average intensity of pain on numerical rating scale (0-10) were similar in DM1 and DM2 (88% vs. 86% and 4.6 ± 2.3 vs. 4.2 ± 1.8, respectively, p > 0.05). In DM1, average pain intensity showed strong association with longer duration of disease and inverse relation with cognition. In DM2, average pain intensity showed association with female gender and emotions. Average pain intensity correlated with Individualized Neuromuscular Quality of Life (INQoL) total score in both DM1 (rho = +0.30, p < 0.05) and DM2 patients (rho = +0.61, p < 0.01). In conclusion, the majority of DM1 and DM2 patients have mild to moderate pain. Our results open new opportunities for behavioral and cognitive interventions.
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