Temporal summation does not predict the acupuncture response in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previously, we had observed that immediate pain reduction after one acupuncture treatment was associated with high temporal summation of pain (TS) at a pain free control site and younger age in a mixed population of chronic pain patients. The aim of the present study was to verify these results in chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP) and to collect pilot data on the association between TS and the response to an acupuncture series.

Methods

TS at a pain free control site (back of dominant hand) and at the pain site was quantified by the pin-prick induced wind-up ratio (WUR) in 60 LBP patients aged 50 years or younger. Response to one acupuncture treatment was assessed by change in pain intensity and pressure pain threshold (PPT) at the pain site. The primary h

SUBMITTER: Baeumler P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378649 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature