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Physiology and Pathophysiology of pain Flashcards

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What is pain?

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  • Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience which we primarily associate with tissue damage or describe in terms of such damage or both
  • Final product of complex-information processing network
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What is pain not?

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A stimulus

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Where do the 4 steps of pain processing take place?

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  • Periphery
  • Spinal cord
  • Brain
  • Descending tracts
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What part does the periphery play in pain processing?

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  • Detection

- Transmission to spinal cord (first order neurons)

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What part does the spinal cord play in pain processing?

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  • Processing

- Transmission to brain (Thalamus) (second order neurons)

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What part does the brain play in pain processing?

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Perception, learning, response

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What parts do the descending tracts play in pain processing?

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Modulation

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What is nociception?

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The detection of tissue damage by specialized transducers connected to A-delta and C fibers

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What are nociceptors?

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Free nerve endings of A delta and C fibres

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What do nociceptors respond to?

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Respond to thermal, chemical, mechanical noxious stimuli

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Where do the primary afferent/1st order neurons synapse?

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Spinal cord

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Where are the cell bodies of the primary afferent/1st order neurons?

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Dorsal root ganglion

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What are the 4 different types of nerve fibre?

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  • Aa
  • AB
  • A delta
  • C
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What fibres are myelinated?

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Aa and AB

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What fibres are lightly myelinated?

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A delta

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What fibres are unmyelinated?

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C

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What fibres have a large diameter?

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Aa and AB

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What fibres have a small diameter?

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C

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What fibres have a medium diameter?

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A delta

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What is the thermal threshold of Aa and AB fibres?

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None

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What is the thermal threshold of A delta fibres?

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  • Type 1 53C

- Type 2 43C

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What is the thermal threshold of C fibres?

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43C

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What fibres are responsible for proprioception and light touch?

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Aa and AB

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What fibres are responsible for nociception (mechanical, thermal and chemical)?

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  • A delta

- C

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What fibre are responsible for innocuous temperature and itch?

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C

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26
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What does grey matter of the spinal cord represent?

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Neurons (cell bodies)

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What does white matter of the spinal cord represent?

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Nerve tracts

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What are the 3 anatomical divisions of grey matter?

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Ventral, lateral and dorsal horn

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29
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What does rexed divide the grey matter based on?

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Rexed divided the grey matter into 10 layers based on their cytoarchitecture

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Where are the low threshold mechanoreceptive neurons located primarily?

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Low Threshold mechanoreceptive neurons, located primarily in layer 3 & 4 receiving input from A beta fibres

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Where are the nociceptive specific neurone located primarily?

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Nociceptive specific neurons located primarily in layer 1 & 2 , receiving input from C & A delta fibres

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Where are the wide dynamic range neurones primarily located?

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WDR wide dynamic range neurons in layer 5 which receive mainly input from A beta but responds to both noxious and non-noxious stimuli via intereurons

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What is located in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord?

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  • First order synapse

- Rexed lamina 2 and 5

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34
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What neurons are located in the spinal dorsal horn?

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Neurons which receive the input

  • Nociceptive specific
  • Low Threshold Mechanoceptive
  • Wide Dynamic Range
35
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What does the anterior spinothalamic tract convey?

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Sensation of simple touch

36
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What does the lateral spinothalamic tract convey?

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Fast and slow pain (pain and temperature sensations)

37
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What is the spinothalamic tract?

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Major ascending tract for nociception

38
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Where do the spinothalamic tracts arise?

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Rexed lamina 2 and 5

39
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Where do the lateral spinothalamic tracts end?

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Venteroposterior thalamic nucleus

40
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Where do the anterior spinothalamic tracts end?

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Medial thalmic nuclei

41
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What is the second relay station?

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Thalamus

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What does the thalamus connect to?

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  • Cortex
  • Limbic system
  • Brainstem
43
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Where does pain perception occur?

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Pain perception occurs in somatosensory cortex

44
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What structures are involved in imprinting a new memory?

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  • Amygdala
  • Hippocampus
  • Prefrontal cortex
  • Cingulate cortex
  • Insula
45
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How do we develop a response to pain?

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  • The medialpart of the pain matrix composed of amygdala, hippocampus, cigulate cortex insula, prefrontal cortex all feed back and forward with brainstem centres for the affective and emotional component as well as descending control of pain.
  • If there is no previous memory of insult then the structures above will imprint. This is how we develop a response to pain and know how to react
46
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What is the periaqueductal grey?

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Descending pathway from brain to dorsal horn

47
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What type of system is the periaqueductal grey?

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Noradrenergic system

48
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What effect does the periaqueductal grey usually have in pain signals?

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Usually decreases pain signal

49
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What is hyperalgesia?

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It is the leftward shift of the stimulus response curve, in other words: Increased perception of pain or even perception of non-noxious stimuli as noxious stimuli

50
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When does hyperalggesia occur?

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It happens whenever there is tissue injury and inflammation

51
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What is primary hyperalgesia occur?

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Primary hyperalgesia is hyperalgesia at the site of injury

52
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What is secondary hyperalgesia?

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Hyperalgesia in the surrounding uninjured tissue

53
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What stimuli can hyperalgesia apply to?

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Any stimuli including mechanical and thermal

54
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What is allodynia?

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A form of hyperalgesia: dynamic mechanical hyperalgesia that to light touch.

55
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What mechanisms are involved in allodynia?

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Both peripheral and central mechanisms

56
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What changes occur in the nociceptor in allodynia?

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Decreased threshold for response

57
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What changes in nociceptor occur in hyperalgesia?

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Exaggerated response to normal and supranormal stimuli

58
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What changes in nociceptor occur in spontaneous pain?

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Spontaneous activity in nerve fibres

59
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What is central sensitisation?

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It is the response of second order neurons in the CNS to normal input both noxious & non-noxious

60
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What are the main components of central sensitisation?

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  • Wind up
  • Classical
  • Long term potentiation
61
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What does wind up happen in?

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Wind-up happens only in neurons taking part in the synapses with primary afferent input

62
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What is wind up?

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  • Wind-up is literally winding up the response to the input

- . It is activity dependent; progressively increases the response of the neurons

63
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What does wind-up manifest over?

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It manifests only over a course of a stimulus and terminates with stimulus.

64
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What neurotransmitters mediate wind up?

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Substance P and CGRP

65
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What does classical central sensitisation involve?

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Involves opening up of new synapses in the dorsal horn. So the new synapses, which were silent till then, will start to receive input and record the nociception. It does occur with all stimuli but the intensity has to be strong to elicit this response.

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What is heterosynaptic activity in classical central sensitisation dependent on?

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Plasticity

67
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What is the duration of classical central sensitisation?

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If the intensity strong enough, it occurs immediately with the stimuli and can outlast the duration of stimuli. -NMDA receptor activation by glutamate is known to trigger a series of changes resulting in classical central sensitization.

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What is the clinical result of classical central sensitisation?

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clinical result is the secondary hyperalgesia, where the area surrounding the injury site is also painful and where the touch also becomes painful.

69
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How can classical central sensitisation be maintained?

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Once activated, it can be maintained even by low intensity of the offending stimuli.

70
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What is involved in long term potentiation?

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Involves mainly the activated synapses

71
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What does long term potentiation occur primarily for?

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Occurs primarily for

very intense stimuli

72
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What conditions is suprsegmental central sensitisation involved in?

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  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic widespread pain
  • Painful physical symptoms of depression/anxiety
73
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Describe the characteristics of acute pain?

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  • <1 month to resolution
  • Physiological
  • Presence of noxious stimuli
  • Sevres protective function
  • Usually nociceptive
74
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Describe the characteristics of chronic pain?

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  • > 3-6 months to resolution
  • Pathological
  • Presence of noxious stimuli is not essential
  • Does not serve any purpose
  • Nociceptive, neuropathic or mixed
75
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What is nociceptive pain?

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A sensory experience that occurs when specific peripheral sensory neurones (nociceptors) respond to noxious stimuli

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What are the characteristic of nociceptive pain?

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  • Painful region is typically localised at the site of injury – often described as throbbing, aching or stiffness
  • Usually time limited and resolves when damaged tissue heals (e.g. bone fractures, burns and bruises)
  • Can also be chronic (e.g. osteoarthritis)
  • Tends to respond to conventional analgesics
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What is neuropathic pain?

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Pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction in the somato-sensory nervous system

78
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What are the characteristics of neuropathic pain?

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  • The painful region may not necessarily be the same as the site of injury – pain occurs in the neurological territory of the affected structure (nerve, root, spinal cord, brain)
  • Almost always a chronic condition (e.g. postherpetic neuralgia [PHN], poststroke pain)
  • Responds poorly to conventional analgesics
79
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What treatments can be targeted at the transduction portion of the pain pathway?

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  • NSAIDs
  • ICE
  • Rest
  • LA blocks
80
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What treatments can be targeted at the transmission portion of the pain pathway?

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  • Nerve blocks
  • Drugs (Opioids, Anticonvulsants)
  • Surgery (DREZ, Cordotomy)
81
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What treatments can be targeted at the perception portion of the pain pathway?

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  • Education
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Distraction
  • Relaxation
  • Graded motor imagery
  • Mirror box therapy
82
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What treatments can be targeted at the descending modulation portion of the pain pathway?

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  • Placebos
  • Drugs (opioids, antidepressants)
  • Surgery (spinal cord stimulation)
83
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What is gate control theory?

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The gate control theory of pain asserts that non-painful input closes the “gates” to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling to the central nervous system. Therefore, stimulation by non-noxious input is able to suppress pain

Systems: Neurology AB (51 decks)

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