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New life for an old idea: Assessing tonic heat pain by means of participant controlled temperature.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Temporal changes of pain perception to prolonged tonic heat pain are conventionally assessed using a computerized visual analog scale. Such a rating-based approach is, however, prone to floor and ceiling effects, which limit the assessment of temporal changes in perception. Thus, alternative methods that overcome these shortcomings are warranted. NEW METHOD:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and reliability of a psychophysical approach, i.e., participant-controlled temperature (PCT), to evaluate ongoing human perception of tonic heat pain. Fifty participants were presented with a 45 °C stimulus on the non-dominant hand, and were instructed to maintain their initial sensation for two minutes via a feedback controller in the dominant hand. A subset of participants (n = 17) performed PCT tonic heat protocols on two different days to determine the test-retest reliability. As participants controlled temperature to maintain a stable pain perception, any adjustments made reflected shifts in their perception of heat. RESULTS:In 33 (71.7%) participants, we observed an initial adaptation (participant increased temperature) followed by temporal summation of pain (participant decreased temperature). Twelve participants (26.1%) showed only adaptation and one (2.2%) only temporal summation. No sex differences were observed, nor did the initial rating of pain have an effect on PCT outcomes. Temporal summation of pain showed moderate to substantial reliability upon retest. CONCLUSIONS:PCT represents can be reliably performed using a contact heat stimulator to measure the temporal summation of pain. The standardized setup and overall good reliability of the outcome measures facilitate a sound implementation into the clinical work-up of patients with pain conditions.

journal_name

J Neurosci Methods

journal_title

Journal of neuroscience methods

authors

Jutzeler CR,Sirucek L,Scheuren PS,Bobo T,Anenberg E,Ortiz O,Rosner J,Hubli M,Kramer JLK

doi

10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.04.003

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-06-01 00:00:00

pages

20-27

eissn

0165-0270

issn

1872-678X

pii

S0165-0270(19)30108-6

journal_volume

321

pub_type

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New life for an old idea: Assessing tonic heat pain by means of participant controlled temperature.