Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To assess sensory function in skin overlying the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, in relation to the pain and tenderness which commonly arises in structures not directly involved in the inflammatory process. METHODS:An intradermal injection of capsaicin 0.05 microgram in 10 microliters was made over the wrists and forearms of 40 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 46 control subjects. Axon reflex vasodilatation was measured using laser Doppler flowmetry. Cholinergic sympathetic function was assessed by measuring axon reflex sweating induced by a single intradermal injection of nicotine 0.5 microgram in 0.1 ml. RESULTS:Capsaicin induced axon reflex vasodilation over the wrists was found to decrease with age in normal subjects (r = -0.62, p < 0.001). In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, capsaicin induced axon reflex vasodilatation was significantly greater over the wrists, but not the forearms, when compared with age matched normal controls (p < 0.01). A minimal correlation between axon reflex vasodilatation and visual analogue pain score was apparent in the rheumatoid group (r = -0.37, p < 0.05). Nicotine induced sweating responses were similar in the rheumatoid and normal groups, and both showed a linear age related decline. CONCLUSIONS:The results show a selective increase of capsaicin induced vasodilatation in skin overlying joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. This suggests that the activity of a sub-population of periarticular small sensory fibres is altered, which may explain, at least in part, some of the clinical findings in this disorder.
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Ann Rheum Disjournal_title
Annals of the rheumatic diseasesauthors
Jolliffe VA,Anand P,Kidd BLdoi
10.1136/ard.54.4.251subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-04-01 00:00:00pages
251-5issue
4eissn
0003-4967issn
1468-2060journal_volume
54pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
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更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.56.8.476
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.35.2.143
更新日期:1976-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
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更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.41.2.133
更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2010.133645
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.52.11.790
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.34.1.92
更新日期:1975-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.37.2.146
更新日期:1978-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.61.11.1027
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.44.8.564
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.37.3.234
更新日期:1978-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.37.1.78
更新日期:1978-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
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更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201388
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00