Preserved tactile distance estimation despite body representation distortions in individuals with fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT: Our mental representation of our body depends on integrating various sensory modalities, such as tactile information. In tactile distance estimation (TDE) tasks, participants must estimate the distance between two tactile tips applied to their skin. This measure of tactile perception has been linked to body representation assessments. Studies in individuals with fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic widespread pain syndrome, suggest the presence of body representation distortions and tactile alterations, but TDE has never been examined in this population. Twenty participants with FM and 24 pain-free controls performed a TDE task on three Body regions (upper limb, trunk, lower limb), in which they manually estimated the interstimuli distance on a tablet. TDE error, the absolute difference between th

SUBMITTER: Augiere T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11306202 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature