https://observatorio.fm.usp.br/handle/OPI/47151
Title: | Dissecting central post-stroke pain: a controlled symptom-psychophysical characterization |
Authors: | BARBOSA, Luciana Mendonca; SILVA, Valquiria Aparecida da; RODRIGUES, Antonia Lilian de Lima; FERNANDES, Diego Toledo Reis Mendes; OLIVEIRA, Rogerio Adas Ayres de; GALHARDONI, Ricardo; YENG, Lin Tchia; ROSI JUNIOR, Jefferson; CONFORTO, Adriana Bastos; LUCATO, Leandro Tavares; LEMOS, Marcelo Delboni; PEYRON, Roland; GARCIA-LARREA, Luis; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen; ANDRADE, Daniel Ciampi de |
Citation: | BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS, v.4, n.3, article ID fcac090, 16p, 2022 |
Abstract: | Dissection of distinct post-stroke pain syndromes evidenced that the neuropathic pain inventory, the presence of cold thermal deficit and the finding of allodynia on bedside examination, explained 77% of the occurrence of neuropathic central post-stroke pain, a new finding that has clear diagnostic potential. Central post-stroke pain affects up to 12% of stroke survivors and is notoriously refractory to treatment. However, stroke patients often suffer from other types of pain of non-neuropathic nature (musculoskeletal, inflammatory, complex regional) and no head-to-head comparison of their respective clinical and somatosensory profiles has been performed so far. We compared 39 patients with definite central neuropathic post-stroke pain with two matched control groups: 32 patients with exclusively non-neuropathic pain developed after stroke and 31 stroke patients not complaining of pain. Patients underwent deep phenotyping via a comprehensive assessment including clinical exam, questionnaires and quantitative sensory testing to dissect central post-stroke pain from chronic pain in general and stroke. While central post-stroke pain was mostly located in the face and limbs, non-neuropathic pain was predominantly axial and located in neck, shoulders and knees (P < 0.05). Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory clusters burning (82.1%, n = 32, P < 0.001), tingling (66.7%, n = 26, P < 0.001) and evoked by cold (64.1%, n = 25, P < 0.001) occurred more frequently in central post-stroke pain. Hyperpathia, thermal and mechanical allodynia also occurred more commonly in this group (P < 0.001), which also presented higher levels of deafferentation (P < 0.012) with more asymmetric cold and warm detection thresholds compared with controls. In particular, cold hypoesthesia (considered when the threshold of the affected side was <41% of the contralateral threshold) odds ratio (OR) was 12 (95% CI: 3.8-41.6) for neuropathic pain. Additionally, cold detection threshold/warm detection threshold ratio correlated with the presence of neuropathic pain (rho = -0.4, P < 0.001). Correlations were found between specific neuropathic pain symptom clusters and quantitative sensory testing: paroxysmal pain with cold (rho = -0.4; P = 0.008) and heat pain thresholds (rho = 0.5; P = 0.003), burning pain with mechanical detection (rho = -0.4; P = 0.015) and mechanical pain thresholds (rho = -0.4, P < 0.013), evoked pain with mechanical pain threshold (rho = -0.3; P = 0.047). Logistic regression showed that the combination of cold hypoesthesia on quantitative sensory testing, the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory, and the allodynia intensity on bedside examination explained 77% of the occurrence of neuropathic pain. These findings provide insights into the clinical-psychophysics relationships in central post-stroke pain and may assist more precise distinction of neuropathic from non-neuropathic post-stroke pain in clinical practice and in future trials. |
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