Cerebral Cortical Thickness in Chronic Pain Due to Knee Osteoarthritis: The Effect of Pain Duration and Pain Sensitization.

OBJECTIVE:This study investigates associations between cortical thickness and pain duration, and central sensitization as markers of pain progression in painful knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:Whole brain cortical thickness and pressure pain thresholds were assessed in 70 participants; 40 patients with...

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Main Authors: Hamza M Alshuft, Laura A Condon, Robert A Dineen, Dorothee P Auer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5033394?pdf=render