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Papers: 21 Mar 2020 - 27 Mar 2020


Human Studies


2020


PLoS One


15


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Moderate to severe acute pain disturbs motor cortex intracortical inhibition and facilitation in orthopedic trauma patients: A TMS study.

Authors

Jodoin M, Rouleau DM, Bellemare A, Provost C, Larson-Dupuis C, Sandman É, Laflamme G-Y, Benoit B, Leduc S, Levesque M, Gosselin N, De Beaumont L
PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0226452.
PMID: 32196498.

Abstract

Primary motor (M1) cortical excitability alterations are involved in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. Less is known about M1-cortical excitability implications in the acute phase of an orthopedic trauma. This study aims to assess acute M1-cortical excitability in patients with an isolated upper limb fracture (IULF) in relation to pain intensity.