ArticleSpinal cord2017
Usefulness of laser-evoked potentials and quantitative sensory testing in the diagnosis of neuropathic spinal cord injury pain: a multiple case study.
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- Motor imagery for pain and motor function after spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Spinal cord · 2020Pooled it
- Management of pain in individuals with spinal cord injury: Guideline of the German-Speaking Medical Society for Spinal Cord Injury.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2019Guideline
- Shedding light on neuropathic pain: Current and emerging tools for diagnosis, screening, and quantification.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- Assessing the Feasibility of a Multimodal Approach to Pain Evaluation in Early Stages after Spinal Cord Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Paving the way for a better management of pain in patients with spinal cord injury: An exploratory study on the use of Functional Electric Stimulation(FES)-cycling.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Supraspinal nociceptive networks in neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- Variability in clinical and neurophysiological evaluation of pain development following acute spinal cord injury: a case report.Spinal cord series and cases · 2021Article
- Multimodal sensory evaluation of neuropathic spinal cord injury pain: an experimental study.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- Regional Hyperexcitability and Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2020Review
- Mechanical quantitative sensory testing in cavalier King Charles spaniels with and without syringomyelia.BMC veterinary research · 2020Article
- Mechanisms, Predictors, and Challenges in Assessing and Managing Painful Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2019Review
- [Pain in patients with paraplegia].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2017Review
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Abstract
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designA retrospective study.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) and quantitative sensory testing (QST) to the diagnosis of neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and inconclusive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.
settingA multidisciplinary pain center.
methodsQST (DFNS protocol) and Tm-YAG-laser stimulation of the skin were applied within the pain site corresponding with dermatomes of altered sensation. Available MRI scans were reviewed.
resultsThirteen individuals (50±16 years) with SCI were examined. In four cases with no detectable neural lesion on MRI, all QST but three LEP were abnormal. In four patients with poorly defined spinal lesion on MRI, all QST but three LEP only were abnormal. In four cases where pain was not matching adequately with MRI lesions, all patients had abnormal LEP and QST. In one patient showing a spinal cord atrophy, LEP was normal but QST was abnormal. Findings supported the diagnoses at-level (n=5) and below-level (n=8) SCI pain. Spinothalamic tract function assessed by LEP was normal in three cases, but QST was abnormal in all cases.
conclusionsAs QST is a psychophysical examination depending on patient cooperation, we suggest that the combination of QST and LEP might be a valuable diagnostic tool to detect lesions of the somatosensory system in a subgroup of patients with neuropathic spinal cord injury pain and inconclusive MRI findings.
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