Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Somatosensory Impairment and Chronic Pain Following Stroke: An Observational Study.
Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Acupuncture-related therapies for post-stroke pain management: a scoping review and evidence map.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Shoulder Pain on Upper Limb Function: An Observational Study in Post-Stroke Individuals.Brain & NeuroRehabilitation · 2026Article
- Neuropathic Symptoms and Frequency of Chronic Pain in an International Online Sample of Individuals with Sub-Acute and Chronic Stroke.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Development and validation of an early predictive model for hemiplegic shoulder pain: a comparative study of logistic regression, support vector machine, and random forest.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Harnessing theta waves: tACS as a breakthrough in alleviating post-stroke chronic pain.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- The effect of combined compression and tactile stimulation on ankle somatosensation in a lunar gravity lower limb load analog.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Pain and Disability Among Stroke Patients.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic pain and somatosensory impairment are common following a stroke. It is possible that an interaction exists between pain and somatosensory impairment and that a change in one may influence the other. We therefore investigated the presence of chronic pain and self-reported altered somatosensory ability in individuals with stroke, aiming to determine if chronic pain is more common in stroke survivors with somatosensory impairment than in those without.
methodsStroke survivors were invited to complete an online survey that included demographics, details of the stroke, presence of chronic pain, and any perceived changes in body sensations post-stroke.
resultsSurvivors of stroke (n = 489) completed the survey with 308 indicating that they experienced chronic pain and 368 reporting perceived changes in somatosensory function. Individuals with strokes who reported altered somatosensory ability were more likely to experience chronic pain than those who did not (OR = 1.697; 95% CI 1.585, 2.446). Further, this difference was observed for all categories of sensory function that were surveyed (detection of light touch, body position, discrimination of surfaces and temperature, and haptic object recognition).
conclusionsThe results point to a new characteristic of chronic pain in strokes, regardless of nature or region of the pain experienced, and raises the potential of somatosensory impairment being a rehabilitation target to improve pain-related outcomes for stroke survivors.
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