Increased deep pain sensitivity in persistent musculoskeletal pain but not in other musculoskeletal pain states

Conclusions Increased deep pain sensitivity was found in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain, but not in regularly recurrent pain or in acute pain. Yet, a limitation of the study is that it did not have sufficient power to detect small levels of increased deep pain sensitivity among the latter groups when compared to healthy controls. Implications Knowledge about increased general hypersensitivity in persistent musculoskeletal pain could be important in clinical treatment.
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research