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Conditioned Pain Modulation in Sexual Assault Survivors.
Hellman, Natalie; Sturycz, Cassandra A; Lannon, Edward W; Kuhn, Bethany L; Güereca, Yvette M; Toledo, Tyler A; Payne, Michael F; Huber, Felicitas A; Demuth, Mara; Palit, Shreela; Shadlow, Joanna O; Rhudy, Jamie L.
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  • Hellman N; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Sturycz CA; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Lannon EW; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Kuhn BL; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Güereca YM; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Toledo TA; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Payne MF; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Huber FA; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Demuth M; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Palit S; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Shadlow JO; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK.
  • Rhudy JL; Department of Psychology, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK. Electronic address: jamie-rhudy@utulsa.edu.
J Pain ; 20(9): 1027-1039, 2019 09.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30825639
Sexual assault (SA) is associated with an increased risk of chronic pain, but the mechanisms for this relationship are poorly understood. To explore whether disrupted descending inhibition is involved, this study used a conditioned pain modulation task to study the inhibition of pain and the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR; a correlate of spinal nociception) in 32 pain-free SA survivors. This group was compared with 32 pain-free, trauma-exposed persons without SA and a group of 40 pain-free persons who reported no trauma exposure. Conditioned pain modulation was assessed from painful electric stimulations (test stimulus) delivered to the ankle before, during, and after participants submerged their hand in painful 10°C water (conditioning stimulus). Pain ratings and NFR were assessed in response to test stimuli. All groups demonstrated significant inhibition of pain during conditioned pain modulation. However, only the no trauma exposure group demonstrated significant inhibition of NFR. The persons without SA group showed no inhibition of NFR, whereas the SA group showed significant facilitation of the NFR. These findings suggest that trauma exposure may impair inhibitory cerebrospinal circuits, but that SA may specifically promote facilitation of spinal nociception. Perspective: This study suggests that trauma exposure disrupts the cerebrospinal inhibition of spinal nociception, but that exposure to SA further promotes chronic pain risk by facilitating spinal nociception. This finding help may help to elucidate the pain risk mechanisms in trauma survivors.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Delitos Sexuales / Sobrevivientes / Condicionamiento Psicológico / Percepción del Dolor / Dolor Crónico / Nocicepción Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Pain Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Delitos Sexuales / Sobrevivientes / Condicionamiento Psicológico / Percepción del Dolor / Dolor Crónico / Nocicepción Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Pain Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos