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ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2021

Impaired Performance in Mental Rotation of Hands and Feet and Its Association with Social Cognition in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Dasom Lee, Soo-Hee Choi, Eunchung Noh, Won Joon Lee, Joon Hwan Jang, Jee Youn Moon, Do-Hyung Kang

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Article in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Degraded Visibility Body-Specifically Affects Mental Rotation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dasom LeeEmotional Information and Communication Technology Industrial Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Soo-Hee ChoiDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eunchung NohInterdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Won Joon LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Joon Hwan JangDepartment of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jee Youn MoonDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Do-Hyung KangEmotional Information and Communication Technology Industrial Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3776-2263
Seoul National University · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KRKangdong Sacred Heart Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSo far, dysfunction in mental rotation has been assessed in relation to the left- or right-sided CRPS. Here we examined mental rotation in patients with upper or lower limb CRPS. Considering the potential role of socio-emotional functioning on the perception of body image, we further investigated the association between performance on mental rotation and socio-emotional characteristics.

methodsWe examined the performance of 36 patients with upper or lower limb CRPS on the limb laterality recognition. Accuracy and response times for pictures of hands and feet at 4 rotation angles were evaluated. Socio-emotional functioning was measured by the Interpersonal Reactivity Scale and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.

resultsPatients with upper limb pain showed longer RTs to recognize the laterality of hands than feet (P = 0.002), whereas patients with lower limb pain showed longer RTs for feet than hands (P = 0.039). Exploratory correlation analyses revealed that RTs for feet were negatively correlated with the levels of empathic ability to take another's perspective (P = 0.006) and positively correlated with the level of emotional difficulty in identifying feelings (P = 0.006).

conclusionsThis study is the first to report selectively impaired mental rotation of hands vs feet in patients with upper or lower limb CRPS. The findings suggest that impaired mental rotation derives from relative deficits in the representation of the affected limb. Correlations between impaired mental rotation and socio-emotional inability indicate that an altered body schema may be closely associated with impaired social cognitive aspects in CRPS patients.

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Complex Regional Pain SyndromesSocial CognitionFootHandHumansReaction TimeAlexithymiaBody SchemaComplex Regional Pain SyndromeEmpathyMental Rotation

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PMCPMC8185560
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