Treatment response and central pain processing in Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: An explorative study

Conclusion and Implications In this hypothesis-generating exploratory study, ACNES patients refractory to treatment showed more signs of sensitized segmental and central pain processing. A longer duration of complaints before diagnosis and treatment may be related to these alterations in pain processing, and both findings could be associated with less effective locally orientated treatment. In order to validate these hypotheses further research is needed. Registration number NCT01920880 (Clinical Trials Register; http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research