Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34051016›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of pain (London, England)2021

During capsaicin-induced central sensitization, brush allodynia is associated with baseline warmth sensitivity, whereas mechanical hyperalgesia is associated with painful mechanical sensibility, anxiety and somatization.

Timothy J Meeker, Anne-Christine Schmid, Yiming Liu, Michael L Keaser, Susan G Dorsey, David A Seminowicz, Joel D Greenspan

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of pain (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Timothy J MeekerDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1833-6536
Anne-Christine SchmidDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yiming LiuDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Michael L KeaserDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Susan G DorseyDepartment of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, School of Nursing and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David A SeminowiczDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Joel D GreenspanDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry and Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Translational Phenotyping CoreP30NR014129 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI DORSEY, SUSAN G, FADEN, ALAN IRA · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Routine Aspiration of Residual Gastric Contents in Very Low Birth Weight InfantsR01NR014019 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PARKER, LESLIE A · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
NINR NIH HHS P30 NR014129NINR NIH HHS R01 NR014019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMechanical hyperalgesia and allodynia incidence varies considerably amongst neuropathic pain patients. This study explored whether sensory or psychological factors associate with mechanical hyperalgesia and brush allodynia in a human experimental model.

methodsSixty-six healthy volunteers (29 male) completed psychological questionnaires and participated in two quantitative sensory testing (QST) sessions. Warmth detection threshold (WDT), heat pain threshold (HPT) and suprathreshold mechanical pain (STMP) ratings were measured before exposure to a capsaicin-heat pain model (C-HP). After C-HP exposure, brush allodynia and STMP were measured in one session, whilst mechanical hyperalgesia was measured in another session.

resultsWDT and HPT measured in sessions separated by 1 month demonstrated significant but moderate levels of reliability (WDT: ICC = 0.5, 95%CI [0.28, 0.77]; HPT: ICC = 0.62, 95%CI [0.40, 0.77]). Brush allodynia associated with lower WDT (z = -3.06, p = 0.002; ϕ = 0.27). Those with allodynia showed greater hyperalgesia intensity (F = 7.044, p = 0.010, η

conclusionsThese findings support research in neuropathic pain patients and human experimental models that peripheral sensory input and individual sensibility are related to development of mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia during central sensitization, whilst psychological factors play a lesser role. SIGNIFICANCE: We evaluated differential relationships of psychological and perceptual sensitivity to the development of capsaicin-induced mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia. Fifty percent of healthy volunteers failed to develop mechanical allodynia. Baseline pain sensitivity was greater in those developing allodynia and was related to the magnitude and area of hyperalgesia. State psychological factors, whilst unrelated to allodynia, were related to mechanical hyperalgesia. This supports that the intensity of peripheral sensory input and individual sensibility are related to development of mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia during central sensitization, whilst psychological factors play a lesser role.

Indexed as

HyperalgesiaNeuralgiaAnxietyCapsaicinCentral Nervous System SensitizationHumansMalePain ThresholdReproducibility of ResultsCapsaicin

Identifiers

PMID34051016
PMCPMC8448972
OpenAlexW3164622027

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.