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Erschienen in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1/2014

01.08.2014 | Original Article

Pain Hypervigilance is Associated with Greater Clinical Pain Severity and Enhanced Experimental Pain Sensitivity Among Adults with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

verfasst von: Matthew S. Herbert, M.A., Burel R. Goodin, Ph.D., Samuel T. Pero IV, B.S., Jessica K. Schmidt, B.A., Adriana Sotolongo, M.P.H., Hailey W. Bulls, B.S., Toni L. Glover, Ph.D., GNP-BC, Christopher D. King, Ph.D., Kimberly T. Sibille, Ph.D., Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Roland Staud, M.D., Barri J. Fessler, M.D., M.S.P.H., Laurence A. Bradley, Ph.D., Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D.

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Abstract

Background

Pain hypervigilance is an important aspect of the fear-avoidance model of pain that may help explain individual differences in pain sensitivity among persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of pain hypervigilance to clinical pain severity and experimental pain sensitivity in persons with symptomatic knee OA.

Methods

We analyzed cross-sectional data from 168 adults with symptomatic knee OA. Quantitative sensory testing was used to measure sensitivity to heat pain, pressure pain, and cold pain, as well as temporal summation of heat pain, a marker of central sensitization.

Results

Pain hypervigilance was associated with greater clinical pain severity, as well as greater pressure pain. Pain hypervigilance was also a significant predictor of temporal summation of heat pain.

Conclusions

Pain hypervigilance may be an important contributor to pain reports and experimental pain sensitivity among persons with knee OA.
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Metadaten
Titel
Pain Hypervigilance is Associated with Greater Clinical Pain Severity and Enhanced Experimental Pain Sensitivity Among Adults with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
verfasst von
Matthew S. Herbert, M.A.
Burel R. Goodin, Ph.D.
Samuel T. Pero IV, B.S.
Jessica K. Schmidt, B.A.
Adriana Sotolongo, M.P.H.
Hailey W. Bulls, B.S.
Toni L. Glover, Ph.D., GNP-BC
Christopher D. King, Ph.D.
Kimberly T. Sibille, Ph.D.
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, M.S.P.H., Ph.D.
Roland Staud, M.D.
Barri J. Fessler, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Laurence A. Bradley, Ph.D.
Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D.
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2014
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Elektronische ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9563-x

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