Prediction of Central Post-Stroke Pain by Quantitative Sensory Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Among patients with acute stroke, we aimed to identify those who will later develop central post-stroke pain (CPSP) versus those who will not (non-pain sensory stroke [NPSS]) by assessing potential differences in somatosensory profile patterns and evaluating their potential as predictors of CPSP.

Methods

In a prospective longitudinal study on 75 acute stroke patients with somatosensory symptoms, we performed quantitative somatosensory testing (QST) in the acute/subacute phase (within 10 days) and on follow-up visits for 12 months. Based on previous QST studies, we hypothesized that QST values of cold detection threshold (CDT) and dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA) would differ between CPSP and NPSS patients before the onset of pain. Mann-Whitney U-tests and mixed a

SUBMITTER: Asseyer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831871 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature