ArticleThe Clinical journal of pain2017
Pressure Pain Threshold and Anxiety in Adolescent Females With and Without Juvenile Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study.
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- Functional Status and Body Mass Index in Postmenopausal Women with Fibromyalgia: A Case-control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS): a poorly defined disorder.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2019Review
- Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index and the Symptom Severity scale in youth with painful conditions.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2019Article
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- Cognitive deficits in fibromyalgia syndrome are associated with pain responses to low intensity pressure stimulation.PloS one · 2018Article
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objectivesReduced pain thresholds have been documented in adult fibromyalgia, but there are no quantitative studies of altered pain sensitivity in adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia (JFM). The current study examined differences in pressure pain sensitivity between adolescent females with JFM and healthy controls. The relationship between levels of anxiety and pain were also examined.
methodsA total of 34 JFM (15.4±1.4 y old) and 31 controls (14.5±1.3 y old) completed self-report measures of pain and anxiety. Pressure pain threshold was assessed (palm and forehead sites) with a hand-held algometer. Participants indicated the first sensation of pain and then rated the intensity of pain on a Numerical Rating Scale.
resultsAdolescents with JFM exhibited greater sensitivity to pressure pain compared with controls. While the difference between JFM and controls was only observed at the forehead, the intensity of pain produced by the pressure algometry at both sites was significantly higher in the JFM participants compared with controls. Correlations between clinical pain and anxiety were significant for the JFM group only. No relationships were observed between anxiety and pressure pain for either group. DISCUSSION: This study is a first step toward investigating mechanisms of altered pain processing in adolescents with JFM. Adolescents with JFM were found be more sensitive to pressure pain than their healthy peers, which suggests a propensity for sensitization of peripheral and/or central nociceptive information often reported in adult fibromyalgia, and which does not appear to be affected by anxiety.
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