Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain
Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the major health problems and CLBP patients suffer from reduced quality of life and loss or limitation of employment.Objectives: This study was aimed at comparing pinch pressure pain sensibility of the skin of total low back area in patients with no...
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| description | Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the major health problems and CLBP patients suffer from reduced quality of life and loss or limitation of employment.Objectives: This study was aimed at comparing pinch pressure pain sensibility of the skin of total low back area in patients with nonspecific low back pain.Methods: This observational, case-control study was conducted on patients who had suffered from chronic low back pain (LBP) with an intensity score of more than 25 (using the visual analog scale, VAS; 0–100 mm) for at least constant three months between October 2012 and June 2013. By mechanical pinching the skin of the lower back area, skin hyperalgesia was assessed in 193 patients. Following a double-blind design, skin hyperalgesia was also assessed for the skin of the control group (108 people).Results: Signs of hyperalgesia in the upper lateral quadrant of the gluteal area, around the posterior part of the iliac crest, were found in both groups but the degree of hyperalgesia in chronic nonspecific LBP patients (with & without symptoms) was significantly higher (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results demonstrated that pressure-induced localized gluteal skinfold tenderness (hyperalgesia) is found in most patients with chronic low-back pain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdefbf0b48df4cb2ab6b6e908d9d8fe72024-08-03T12:01:14ZengSadra Danesh NegarNovelty in Clinical Medicine2783-44922022-01-0111323710.22034/ncm.2022.143713143713Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back PainAfshin Karimzadeh0Mehrdad Taheri1Masume Bayat2Andrew Beale3Hossein Ahmadi4Assistant professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAssistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Fellowship, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAssistant professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPh.D. of Circadian Biology, London, United KingdomFaculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, IranBackground: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the major health problems and CLBP patients suffer from reduced quality of life and loss or limitation of employment.Objectives: This study was aimed at comparing pinch pressure pain sensibility of the skin of total low back area in patients with nonspecific low back pain.Methods: This observational, case-control study was conducted on patients who had suffered from chronic low back pain (LBP) with an intensity score of more than 25 (using the visual analog scale, VAS; 0–100 mm) for at least constant three months between October 2012 and June 2013. By mechanical pinching the skin of the lower back area, skin hyperalgesia was assessed in 193 patients. Following a double-blind design, skin hyperalgesia was also assessed for the skin of the control group (108 people).Results: Signs of hyperalgesia in the upper lateral quadrant of the gluteal area, around the posterior part of the iliac crest, were found in both groups but the degree of hyperalgesia in chronic nonspecific LBP patients (with & without symptoms) was significantly higher (P<0.001).Conclusion: The results demonstrated that pressure-induced localized gluteal skinfold tenderness (hyperalgesia) is found in most patients with chronic low-back pain.https://www.nclinmed.com/article_143713_9bc58bdde7422c6ea904f40ce9de9f82.pdfchronic low back painhyperalgesiapressure algometryskin sensibilityreferred pain |
| spellingShingle | Afshin Karimzadeh Mehrdad Taheri Masume Bayat Andrew Beale Hossein Ahmadi Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain Novelty in Clinical Medicine chronic low back pain hyperalgesia pressure algometry skin sensibility referred pain |
| title | Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain |
| title_full | Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain |
| title_fullStr | Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain |
| title_short | Localized Gluteal Skin Pinch Pressure Hyperalgesia in Patients with Chronic Low-Back Pain |
| title_sort | localized gluteal skin pinch pressure hyperalgesia in patients with chronic low back pain |
| topic | chronic low back pain hyperalgesia pressure algometry skin sensibility referred pain |
| url | https://www.nclinmed.com/article_143713_9bc58bdde7422c6ea904f40ce9de9f82.pdf |
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