Lower Pressure Pain Thresholds in Patellofemoral Pain Patients, Especially in Female Patients: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study | Zendy

Rianne A. van der Heijden | Zendy; Melissa Rijndertse | Zendy; Sita BiermaZeinstra | Zendy; Marienke van Middelkoop | Zendy

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Lower Pressure Pain Thresholds in Patellofemoral Pain Patients, Especially in Female Patients: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study

Author(s) -

Rianne A. van der Heijden,

Melissa Rijndertse,

Sita BiermaZeinstra,

Marienke van Middelkoop

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx059

Subject(s) - medicine , hyperalgesia , confidence interval , forearm , body mass index , physical therapy , threshold of pain , analysis of variance , anesthesia , repeated measures design , quantitative sensory testing , nociception , surgery , sensory system , psychology , statistics , receptor , mathematics , cognitive psychology

It has been suggested that repeated overload might sensitize nociceptors, causing local hyperalgesia in patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP). This might also lead to generalized hyperalgesia, indicative of altered central pain processing. This study aimed to investigate differences in pressure pain threshold (PPT) as a measure of pressure hyperalgesia between patients with PFP and healthy controls and in predefined subgroups and to study associations between PPT and patient characteristics.

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