@misc{10481/61762,
year = {2020},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61762},
abstract = {Motor cortex activation seems to induce an analgesic effect on pain that would be different
between patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and control subjects. This study was conducted to analyze
the changes of the laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) induced during a finger tapping task in the FM
patients and the controls employing a multi-dipolar analysis according to Standardized low resolution
brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) method. The LEPs from 38 FM patients and 21 controls
were analyzed. The LEPs were recorded while subjects performed a slow and a fast finger tapping
task. We confirmed that the difference between N1, N2 and P2 wave amplitudes between conditions
and groups was not significant. In control subjects, the fast finger tapping task induced a modification
of cortical source activation in the main areas processing laser stimulation from the moving hand
independently from the movement speed. In summary, a simple and repetitive movement is not able
to induce consistent inhibition of experimental pain evoked by the moving and the not moving hand
in each group. It could interfere with LEP sources within the limbic area at least in control subjects,
without inhibit cortical responses or explain the different pattern of motor and pain interaction in
FM patients.},
organization = {The study was supported by the Bari Aldo Moro University Research funds},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Laser-evoked potentials},
keywords = {Chronic pain},
keywords = {Motor activity},
title = {A Simple Pattern of Movement Is Not Able to Inhibit Experimental Pain in FM Patients and Controls: An sLORETA Study},
doi = {10.3390/brainsci10030190},
author = {Gentile, Eleonora and Casas Barragán, Antonio},
}